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Mining paid a lot better than pick&pack.

• mikegreen 13y ago
  Probably. But mining had huge risks. The cave collapses. The air you breathe was horribly toxic. You traded life expectancy for more money. I imagine you did a fair amount of harder labor and walked more than an Amazon warehouse. And there is a damn canary chirping all the time.
  • zrail 13y ago
    I don't know why you're using past tense here. People are still working in mines all over the world and all of those risks you list are their every day reality.
    • mikegreen 13y ago
      Because the mine in the story we're discussing closed in 1990. I am aware there are still active mines, complete with miners, all over the world.
      • zrail 13y ago
        D'oh, hadn't read the article yet. Sorry about that.
• gadders 13y ago
  Yes, and made a huge loss as well.