"But they have no real knowledge or feel for mining and they are giving the fourth and fifth generation miners on the coast a bad-name".
McDaniel is a third-generation miner and proud of it.
I'd rather not have it," said Randy Fogle, 45, an amiable, pot-bellied, third-generation miner who is the only one to have returned to mining.
"It's like no other job on earth," said Aaron Bowens, 44, a third-generation miner who has spent 15 years working beneath Brookwood, where he lives.
"We weren't looking for big increases or anything," said Charles Olsen, 57, a third-generation miner, "just some guarantee that our pensions and health care benefits won't be cut.
"The IEPA no longer has the luxury of pleading ignorance," third-generation miner and Shawnee Forest resident Sam Stearns said.
Trumka, a third generation coal miner, spent four days in Ohio speaking to union workers just ahead of the election, hammering Romney on outsourcing, the auto rescue and the Republican challenger's claims that he's a friend to miners.
The absence of gold is what has kept the Peel unspoiled for so long — but with soaring resource prices and a warming climate, a new generation of miners and drillers is eager to tap the region's other mineral and fossil fuel deposits.
"There is a generation of miners missing," Mr. Yankovich said.
Inside, the previous generation of miners watch a stand-up comedian.
