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The Mentor: The Story of Coal, vol. 6, Num. 6, Serial No. 154, May 1, 1918

Chapter 2: THE MINER
By Charles Fitzhugh Talman
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A popular illustrated survey explains coal's vegetable origin and the competing geological explanations for its burial—local swamp accumulation versus transport to estuaries—then outlines coalification by pressure and heat and describes the Carboniferous plants and animals whose fossils surround coal seams. It summarizes national coal reserves and regional coal provinces, contrasts qualities of eastern and interior fields, and links coal availability to industrial development. The text also treats mining practices, the miner's role, and the many uses of coal for heating, power generation, and industrial manufacture, accompanied by technical and historical illustrations.

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Title: The Mentor: The Story of Coal, vol. 6, Num. 6, Serial No. 154, May 1, 1918

Author: Charles Fitzhugh Talman

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MENTOR: THE STORY OF COAL, VOL. 6, NUM. 6, SERIAL NO. 154, MAY 1, 1918 ***

THE MENTOR 1918.05.01, No. 154,
The Story of Coal

LEARN ONE THING
EVERY DAY

MAY 1 1918

SERIAL NO. 154

THE
MENTOR

THE STORY OF COAL

By
CHARLES FITZHUGH TALMAN

Editorial Writer for the
Scientific American

DEPARTMENT OF
SCIENCE

VOLUME 6
NUMBER 6

TWENTY CENTS A COPY

THE MINER

By BERTON BRALEY

Grimy, and caked with dust of coal he stands,
Grasping his pick within his mighty hands;
The arbiter of destiny and fate,
Greater by far than king or potentate.
Shops may not run except at his behest,
At forge and blast his strength is manifest.
The rolls that rumble and the shears that scream
And all the million miracles of steam
Depend on him for fuel that will turn
The wheels that urge them and the belts that churn.
Guns that will shatter fortresses of steel,
Ships that will plow the waves on steady keel
Bearing munitions for an army’s need
Must wait the miner’s orders and take heed
That he who toils within the coal mine’s murk
Gives them the coal with which they do their work.
Behind the men who battle in the trench
There stand the workmen at the lathe and bench,
But back of them and master of them all
The miner stands and holds the world in thrall.
Not soon again shall any man forget
How much the world is in the miner’s debt,
For we shall read upon fame’s honor roll
“He won the war—his labor gave us coal!”

Reprinted by courtesy of Publishers of “Coal Age.”

COURTESY U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

FOSSIL FERN FROM COAL MINE