Vintage work crew photos

[Frank S]

In sorting coal they were keenly looking for non coal minerals like regular rocks secondly they could have been looking for lower grades of coal.
Had the folks of my family lived in coal bearing regions one of those ladies could have been my mother she would have been in just about the correct age bracket.

[Ralphxyz]

Hey let's stroll over to the other side, the view is better!

[Toolmaker51]

This guy's taking the safe route too!

Probably a slower Di Di Mau than your octopus, lol.

[12bolts]

It might be the safer route...

..but its one hell of a climb!

[jdurand]

You go first, we'll watch

[IntheGroove]

With all of that debris on the ground, it's not much safer down there...

[Jon]

Coal sorting workers. 1942.

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[Moby Duck]

And the women of today find things to complain about, they don't know how lucky they are.
I suppose when they go home and do the washing in a tub with a scrubbing/washboard, their hands will be nice and clean again when they cook the dinner. I am glad we treat them better now.

[bruce.desertrat]

Ahh, that famous 'clean coal' everyone talks about, musta been them washing it all down!

[IntheGroove]

One of those seven ladies could be your mother, grandmother or great grandmother. They were not afraid to work...