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I wont get involved in the technical and geological stuff, because interesting as it is, I dont really know anything about it.
I worked in the mining industry as well. In fact it was probably the happiest and most formative time of my working life.
I have worked on 3ft faces repairing machinery, and 12 ft seams repairing machinery. Those faces where, for any one who knows about these things, Mickley and Soft Coal. This was in the Derbyshire coalfield.
I make this point because I have worked in the industry, and all I know is that history will show that the decimation of the coal industry was for all the wrong reasons. Right or wrong, the miners strike has, and will continue to cost this country dearly. Not just in financial terms either.
Cheap fuel from abroad is only cheap for as long as the supplier wants it to be, no one owes us anything.
Paul.
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