Posted on 11/20/2007 11:47:18 PM PST by Westlander
The Utah mine where six workers were entombed after a thunderous collapse has been sealed, leaving expensive mining machinery inside, federal regulators said Tuesday.
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Least we forget the mining machinery. It was placed that in the first (and only) paragraph many people read.
Well, of course. As any coal mining family (such as mine) knows, the company values its equipment over its miners, who can be more easily replaced. Nothing new there, going back to the 19th century.
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