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In the Pit: Life of a Cape Breton Coal Miner.
Description : 02 Sep, 2023
“IN THE PIT: A Cape Breton Coal Miner”
By: Rennie MacKenzie
A RARE, EXCITING INSIDER STORY of coal mine life in Cape Breton, filled with humour, pride, terror, and humanity. From shoveling at the coal face and hand-lifting tons of shaker pans, to hurtling through low narrow tunnels testing a diesel during early mechanization--you are not spared the details--or the laughs! Here are the gripping drama and rich good humour of one man's daily work underground--a rare, personal account that opens up the culture of coal, from a man who worked 15 years in Number 12 and 18 Collieries, New Waterford.
IN THE PIT: A Cape Breton Coal Miner is a rare, exciting insider’s story of coal mine life. There are no strikes or explosions here—just the gripping drama and rich good humour of one man’s daily work underground, from the brute shoveling at the coal face and hand-shifting tons of shaker pans, to hurling through low, narrow tunnels testing a diesel during early mechanization. You are not spared the details.
Rennie MacKenzie worked fifteen years in 12 and 18 Collieries, New Waterford. Then he left the mines, went to college, and served as a United Church minister. He has retired to New Waterford, where he lives with his wife Norma. Their love affair and family trials are a powerful thread through his remarkable book.
The book is softcover, 168 pages long, and was published in Wreck Cove, N.S., in 2001. The book is used, but in very good condition. No writing, no missing or torn pages, and a clean cover & tight spine.
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