GOING BACK UNDERGROUND!

     SUNDAY, APRIL 8TH., 2018
 GOING BACK UNDERGROUND!

   I don't know if this is some kind of
a life trend but my wife and I have found
ourselves underground a lot lately!
   We stopped at Shenandoah Caverns
on our trip back from Florida last week.
Then, on Saturday, we went back
underground. This time is was a trip
in a deep tunnel as we visited the
Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour.
     You ride a mining tram down a
steep slope into what once was an
active coal mine under the city of
Scranton!
      It's dark down there except for
an occasional light bulb and the
special lighting set up to highlight
various areas of the tour.
     You hear the stories of the men
who worked deep underground day
after day often not seeing the sun
until their day off.
      Then there were the kids. As
young as 7 for some jobs which
paid 11 cents an hour. If I would
have know that when I was getting
into broadcasting I might have
opted for the mines!
       We learned a lot about the
mine most importantly where the
emergency exit was located!
        Seriously though this tour
is something every area resident
should take and every local
student should be required to
take.
         These mines and the miners
who worked them built our area.
I'm not sure they'd be so happy
with what we've done with it
but build it they did.
          Beside the mine tour in
Scranton there's one in Ashland
and another in Lansford.
         Hope you make it a point
to visit one and that all your NEWS
is good!