Thursday, August 9, 2007

listen and see what a mine is like, plus a great Kentucky Coal website!

Hi folks:

Here is a CNN video about what the mine in Utah looks like inside (you may need to download the CNN Video software):

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/08/09/tuchman.inside.mine.cnn


Here is a KUTV segment as well:

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/id/2322979789


Here is an NPR segment about what it is like to be in a mine:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5126100


Lastly, this website has tons of stuff on Kentucky Coal Mining, including pictures of mining in the 1950's, and pictures of coal towns.

Here is the home page:

http://www.coaleducation.org


Here is the word glossary page:

http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.htm

Brian

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