Mining Quotes

“The circumstances are so exceptional as to be without parallel in the history of mining.”

“Nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground.”

“My father always said that the business of a mining house is to find mines.”

“The price of coal is the blood, sweat, and tears of the miners.”

“It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew, where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few.”

“Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine.”

“I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.”

“Like a fiend with his dope and a drunkard his wine, a man will have lust for the lure of the mine.”