Mining is hard, thankless work, a hot steamy pit in the ground full of rocky dirt and grimy men digging deeper and deeper. Fraught with danger, too, I think, although Tony tries to persuade me otherwise. He can't quite argue the fact that both his father and grandfather died either directly or indirectly from Sunshine Mine- his grandpa in the big fire, his dad after an injury led to hospitalization, then a fatal medication error. So of course the pattern could continue, at least in my morbid fantasies/Kendramama, Soul Doubt. More here

HBO Nos (for Monday, April 7, 2008): 8431 page-views and 4795 unique views

*Haiku Trio/Tumblewords
*Scrubbing coffee cups/TUBOB
*Stuff/Slight Detour
*Now, go away or I shall taunt you a second time/PDX Pup
*Discovery/Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts
*A poem for today/Silver Valley Stories
*Props to Biden & Crapo/Wayward Episcopalian

Question: Have you or any of your loved ones been involved in mining in the Silver Valley?

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