Runnells Coal Mine Short Story

The year is 1940 and I just got a job at the Runnells coal company. I have to be at the mine at 5AM and I go in at 6AM and I do not get done until 3PM. I have to buy my pick ax, shovel, hammer, a lamp, and all my other tools from the company. I have to walk one mile to get to work which I will be in the mines for eleven hours. The first day at the job and there are only three of us in the mine. The other to men and Iwould get more done in one day then five guys would in one mine.
The first couple of days the work in the mine was easy. Then we started to get deeper in the mine and that's when there could only be two of us in the mines because one had to stay up top to empty the coal carts and make sure nothing happened. The more time we spent in the mine the more relaxed we become. There were times when we all were in the mine and times where there was only one of us down there. When I would get out of the mines I could hear the townspeople say we were dirty like the pigs. …show more content…
We had support beams fall on top of us. When we would go down to the mine we were suppose to take a Canary because the gasses would kill the Canary before it would harm the miners. To the town and the miners it was known as the Miner's Canary. The Canary we had with us died all of the sudden. It was not from the gas so we had to close the mine for a few days until we figured out what was going on. Everyday after work the miners would draw names and whoever's name was drawn they had two feed them before they left the mines. Winter time was the worst time to be in the mine it was always cold. It always seemed like the mine was colder than the North Pole. Summer time was the best time because it was hot outside but nice and cool in the