I am a coal miners daughter from the mines in Nanticoke, PA Welsh and English. I found your information a good trip down memory lane. You are so right that the young of today do not understand that life we all lived. When the horn would blow for an accident at the mine and all would hurry there. I was very young but I had the memory of my DAD taking me down once in the elevator. My Dad started in the mines at 12 and died as an engineer in the power plant. He was a self made man of the mines. Mary<BR><BR><BR> **************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML>