Minersndo an incredibly important job, since we depend on metals to buildnour machines. And they do an incredibly dangerous job, too.
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nEvennthese days, with safety equipment and procedures, miners face thenpossibility of gas explosions, equipment failure, roof falls andnfires. Even miners who escape injury on the job often suffer fromnlung diseases or other health problems from mining.
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Apparentlynone of the people who helped set aside this day to honor miners isnauthor / Vietnam War veteran / NASA engineer Homer Hickam. He isnreally Homer Hickam, Jr., because his dad had the samenname; his dad was a miner and eventually a mine supervisor in thencoal fields of West Virginia. You can find out more about Hickam bynreading his book, Rocket Boys, or watching the movie based onnthat book, October Sky. n
Apparentlynone of the people who helped set aside this day to honor miners isnauthor / Vietnam War veteran / NASA engineer Homer Hickam. He isnreally Homer Hickam, Jr., because his dad had the samenname; his dad was a miner and eventually a mine supervisor in thencoal fields of West Virginia. You can find out more about Hickam bynreading his book, Rocket Boys, or watching the movie based onnthat book, October Sky. nn
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nMinersnwork hard to get raw materials we need:
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ncoal,n which is a rock that burns, formed from the remains of partiallyn decayed ancient plants,
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niron,
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ncopper,
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ngold,
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nandn other minerals.
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nAlso on this Date:n
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nFinland’s Independence Dayn
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nSt. Nicholas Dayn
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nAnniversary of the completion of the Washington Monumentn
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