95chilin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My great gpa cant breath from mining, god bless!

hetherington89 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Some of these men never see the light at the end of the tunnel. May God protect those who do make it out.

SarahLynnM (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Magnuspictor79 I agree with you, as does my family. My great grandpa, my grandpa, my dad & my brother.....all proud coal miners.

MrRazorblade999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Del McCoury Band are amazing here!!

MrJDFrog (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@Magnuspictor79 Preach it brother!!

IreneH55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

If you've never been thru strip mining areas, it's a real shocker. It looks like something you would imagine on Mars or the Moon. I've lived in NE TN all my life, and they have their sites on these mountains for strip-mining. It cannot be reclaimed, and it's said the spirits in the mountains are killed when the mountain is gone. But big money doesn't care about the lives and traditions that have endured here since the 1700s. We're just in the way and don't matter.

16dieseldon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Amazing Video and Song. God Bless Coal Miners and Appalachia. Where I Call Home.

Flatscrugger (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Anderson Cooper's pic was very moving

Shalai80 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

my entire family were coal miners in south west va. and a bunch of them still are..i am proud to make the equip. that thease brave men use to mine the coal.. god bless the miners.

rimbaud5002 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A proud people who have been robbed by large corporate interests . Deo Vindici