I am a coal miner's great-grand-daughter. My Mom's Grandpa was a coal miner near Pottsville PA.
He told her the story of how they were underground, and noticed that their "warning canary" had died - (means that a gas explosion could be imminent). They started running out of the mine. He survived, but lost one arm in the blast.
I remember visiting there - Pennsylvania Dutch and German cultures. "Bleenies" (blintzes), sticky buns, shoo-fly pie.
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