[Tennessee_Bob]

Next Sunday, March 19, 2002, marks the one hundred year anniversary of the Fraterville mine disaster. This occurred in what is now Lake City, Tennessee, just a few miles up the road from where I live. I worked at Tennessee Coal as a surface worker for about six months back in 1996, only about a mile down the road from the Fraterville mines. This disaster still haunts the area - part of our mine was being worked over some of the old Fraterville shafts.

Disasters and accidents still occur - although less often, and far less tragic than what happened on May 19, 2002. Take a moment if you will to say a prayer for those men (and women) that go underground to help supply the nation with power.

[Tennessee_Bob]

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[Valin]

"And I pray when I die, and my ages shall roll.
That my body will blacken and turn into coal.
Then I'll look thru the door of my heavenly home,
and pity the miners digging my bones.
Where it's dark as a dungeon damp as the dew,
the dangers are doubled and pleasures are few.
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
it's dark as a dungon way down in the mine."

[Tennessee_Bob]

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[Snow Bunny]

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