Wow, I've not been back here for a while, due to other commitments..You all have given me a lot of food for thought..I Don't know why, but I've always had a fondness for mining songs..one of my Favorites is "Coal Town Road" I heard sung by Billy Ed Wheeler? Don't know much about him..but verses like " When I die, I'll go to heaven, the land of my dreams, I won't have to worry about losin' my job..to bad times or big machines..." Really get to me, as I see automation still running rampant & kicking people out of even higher levels of work (present automation becoming synonomous with computers, these wonderful machines we love)...In fact in one of my own jobs, I helped computerize the system that replaced me!..

Also, just a piece of a mining song goes through my mind..not sure what it is..but seems like Seeger & Weavers sang it..the harmony was fantastic.."Union Miners stand together, let no..??????....Keep your eye on the dollar, & your eye upon the scale!" I'd love the words to that one, as I remember the melody..anyone know it? Also what is the reference to eye on the scale..Weight or Wages? or?...