In a message dated 26/1/00 3:36:04 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< It is a fallacy to consider all miners to be crude and
unintelligent. I found many to be much more intelligent than some of
the engineers. >>
This is very apparent in U.S. mining history, where, from Pennsylvania
coal mines to Colorado silver-mines, individual miners and people from mining
families were leading political activists for the preservation of democratic
ideals (until World War I permitted imprisonment of the leadership). They
also contributed some great musical art, and in this way were one of the key
influence on the American popular music that began emerging after World War
II, and which, in the form of rock and roll, had great impact on U.S. and
other cultures. It would be interesting the consider the psychological impact
-- even if purely from the perspective of perceptual psychology -- of this
unique profession.
Michael Mason
off Cape Cod
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