 Never knew my father cause he worked all day. Left the house sundown, that's the coal miner's way. The pay was real good, he made 70k, but it wasn't worth all the things he had to give away. His father did the same thing, same type. Took everything he had until it took his life. When I lost my grandfather, I was seven years old. Decided then and there, I would never mine coal. That plus the dust on everything in our home.