Comments on: Breaker Boys and Bony Pickers http://amp.wpcamr.org/archives/33 Western Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:28:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: BARBARA KAECHELE http://amp.wpcamr.org/archives/33#comment-18090 BARBARA KAECHELE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:35:59 +0000 http://amp.wpcamr.org/archives/33#comment-18090 My father worked in an anthracite mine in a town called Throop, just outside Scranton, PA. He followed the route as you described, providing another small income (his brother worked as well) for a large family who had lost their Daddy because of a mine related accident. An "outlaw" mule kicked him in the groin, rupturing his appendix, causing his death a few days later. My father would wrap his fingers in wire everyday to protect them from getting cut by the slate, etc. It was a grim life and the bosses were anything but kind. Very interesting to see your article. Thank you. My father worked in an anthracite mine in a town called Throop, just outside Scranton, PA. He followed the route as you described, providing another small income (his brother worked as well) for a large family who had lost their Daddy because of a mine related accident. An “outlaw” mule kicked him in the groin, rupturing his appendix, causing his death a few days later. My father would wrap his fingers in wire everyday to protect them from getting cut by the slate, etc. It was a grim life and the bosses were anything but kind. Very interesting to see your article. Thank you.

]]> By: Margaret H. Dunn http://amp.wpcamr.org/archives/33#comment-77 Margaret H. Dunn Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:26:48 +0000 http://amp.wpcamr.org/archives/33#comment-77 Thanks for the article about breaker boys. I often forget how hard life must have been for my relatives!!!! Thanks!!! Thanks for the article about breaker boys. I often forget how hard life must have been for my relatives!!!!

Thanks!!!

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