Teachers go underground to learn about coal

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments

By DEBRA MCCOWN | Reporter / Bristol Herald Courier

CLEVELAND, Va. – Kathleen Rowe said she was more afraid than anyone about going into a coal mine. But one trip two miles underground changed her mind.

“People portray this as a scary job,” she said as she toured Paramont’s Deep Mine No. 35 in Russell County. “I was one of the most scared of all of us, but once you’re here and you experience it, it’s not like that. They portray it as being much worse than it is.”

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