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Face boss : the memoir of a western Kentucky coal miner / Michael D. Guillerman.
Lippincott Library HD8039.M62 U6266 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guillerman, Michael D., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guillerman, Michael D., 1944-.
- Guillerman, Michael D.
- United Mine Workers of America.
- Peabody Coal Company.
- Coal miners--Kentucky--Union County--Biography.
- Coal miners.
- Coal mines and mining--Kentucky--Union County--History--20th century.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Mining camps--Kentucky--Union County--History--20th century.
- Mining camps.
- Peabody Coal Company--Biography.
- United Mine Workers of America--Biography.
- Labor union members--Kentucky--Union County--Biography.
- Labor union members.
- History.
- Union County (Ky.)--Biography.
- Union County (Ky.).
- Union County (Ky.)--History--20th century.
- Union County (Ky.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Kentucky--Union County.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c.2009.
- Contents:
- 1 Coal in Union County 1
- 2 My First Impressions of Coal Mining 5
- 3 Millions of Tons of Coal 13
- 4 Mine Construction 19
- 5 Becoming a UMWA Coal Miner 25
- 6 Working Underground 37
- 7 Inside a Conventional Mining Unit 49
- 8 Coal Preparation on a Conventional Mining Unit 61
- 9 Loading Coal, Roof Bolting, and the Introduction of the Continuous Miner 71
- 10 Underground Beltlines: Conveying Coal to the Stockpile 81
- 11 The United Mine Workers of America 87
- 12 The Coal Boom and My First Assigned Unit 93
- 13 The "Wild West" 101
- 14 My First Bossing Assignment: Hard Times 109
- 15 No. 5 Unit: Good Times 117
- 16 Women in the Mines 131
- 17 Race Relations 139
- 18 Camp No. 2 Anecdotes 145
- 19 Labor Conflicts and Instability 173
- 20 Acid Rain Legislation and Mine Layoffs 181
- 21 Coal Dust Surveys and Violations 187
- 22 The Big Mine Fire of 1984 and the Push to Reopen the North 197
- 23 The TVA and the Alleged Camp Complex Improprieties of 1984 205
- 24 A New Superintendent and a Methane Ignition 209
- 25 The 1985 Camp Complex Shutdown and Reopening 223
- 26 A New Beginning 231
- 27 Super Units, Heart Problems, and an Inundation on No. 3 Unit 243
- 28 Squeezes on No. 3 and No. 5 Units 251
- 29 No. 2 Unit-My Last 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781572336490
- 1572336498
- OCLC:
- 235946033
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