On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 2:50:24 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> Dsi1 wrote:
>
> > If it was a choice between working deep underground or ripping the
> > earth apart, I'd say rip away. No man should have to work deep in
> > the earth .
>
> My one grandfather and his father did that for their entire working
> life...about 50 years each.
>
> I got to see the inside of that mine once. Dark, damp and a tunnel going
> way underground that mountain.
>
> That would be a scary place to work all your life.

It sure sounds like a shitty way to live. I can't say if it's better to be a miner or a slave. Working underground sounds like a terrifying notion.
My father-in-law worked in a coal mine when he was young. He didn't like it so he learned to dig for data with computers instead. A friend's dad became a rocket scientist to get away from mining. They certainly done better than their fellow coal miners.