My Grandfather was a miner in Picher, Oklahoma. The most toxic ghost town in the US. My dad told me he purposely cut off his own thumb for the insurance to get out and start anew somewhere else.
Unfortunately the damage was already done. He died in his early 50’s/my dad was still in school.
That is some hard dangerous work and I respect the hell out of anyone who does it but also feel so badly for them and their family of what is to come.
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u/nutria_twiga 4d ago
My Grandfather was a miner in Picher, Oklahoma. The most toxic ghost town in the US. My dad told me he purposely cut off his own thumb for the insurance to get out and start anew somewhere else.
Unfortunately the damage was already done. He died in his early 50’s/my dad was still in school.
That is some hard dangerous work and I respect the hell out of anyone who does it but also feel so badly for them and their family of what is to come.