My fondest mining memories revolve about my coal production crew at Nemacolin Mine from 1978-1980. We honestly thought that we were the best.
There was an advantage to being a superintendent: I escorted the 1982 Coal Queen, Debbie Tekavec, into Nemacolin Mine.
One of my bosses, John Wilson, is a thinking man (scratching his neck); here flanked by Charles Fairhurst on the left, and Neville Cook and Mike Salamon on the right, discussing early research on longwall coal mining in South Africa.
