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Originally Posted by ZenGum
All mining is a bit risky, but coal mining in particular is dangerous. (I think heli-logging and crack dealing are worse, but not by much). Coal is sedimentary rock so it is often not very solidly compacted together, giving cave-ins. It is likely to have pockets of gas in it that may be asphyxiating, poisonous, explosive or all three. And you're in a hole in the ground, vulnerable to flooding. And nowadays it is full of enormous machines thundering around.
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in most cases today yes...but this was an old mine... in and out of operation over the last 40 years and it was complete with timber braces and supports.. right out of the 19th century..
this is an actual (altho somewhat dated ) pic of the mine
