tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post5616585029500289279..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: Joe Checks Out a Coal Mine (or three)Jeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-64046927565664352412008-08-26T22:08:00.000-05:002008-08-26T22:08:00.000-05:00Very nice. He seems like a really nice and observ...Very nice. He seems like a really nice and observant young man. I hope good things for him and especially with his job search.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-30672659065422264522008-08-26T16:21:00.000-05:002008-08-26T16:21:00.000-05:00Very impressive. My girlfriend worked on oil rigs ...Very impressive. My girlfriend worked on oil rigs in Wyoming, her mother and sister live in Gillette. When we visit out there we see these mines, but you really can't grasp how big things there are from a distance.<BR/><BR/>Joe wrote: "A train car holds 20 ton of coal, and a typical train consists of 140 cars, and the bigger mine loads 8 to 10 trains a day." I think most of them roll past the feedlot, day and night.ptghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079577478993790527noreply@blogger.com