Being A Miner Is A Very, Very, Very Hard Job

“The miners are four and a half miles inside the winding mine and about 2,300 feet vertically underground. They are inside a mine shaft shelter the size of a small apartment. The authorities said they had limited amounts of food.”
–Wow. After this spring’s disaster in West Virginia, and Matewan and Margo Timmins’ aching a capella, we are reminded once again of the incredible hardships suffered by people we send under the earth to go get us our valuable minerals. The good news: 33 miners who have been trapped inside a collapsed gold and copper in Chile since August 5th are alive. The bad news: they will likely be there for another four months while an escape shaft is dug. Here’s wishing those guys strength.