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Road trip - Barthell Coal Mine

2021-11-06 - Stearns, KY - Photo from the Stearns Road Trip
The sign above the arch says, MINES DANGER, at the Barthell Coal Camp mine. Al Owens said, "After a short tour of the coal mine, you will see how difficult life was about a hundred years ago. It gives the old song by Tennessee Ernie Ford, 16 Tons, a lot of meaning."
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