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245 10 a| Face boss :b| the memoir of a western Kentucky coal miner /c| Michael D. Guillerman.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| xiii, 347 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-335) and index.;

505 0 a| Coal in Union County -- My first impressions of coal mining -- Millions of tons of coal -- Mine construction -- Becoming a UMWA coal miner -- Working underground -- Inside a conventional mining unit -- Coal preparation on a conventional mining unit -- Loading coal, roof bolting, and the introduction of the continuous miner -- Underground beltlines : conveying coal to the stockpile -- The United Mine Workers of America -- The coal boom and my first assigned unit -- The 'wild west' -- My first bossing assignment : hard times -- No. 5 Unit : good times -- Women in the mines -- Race relations -- Camp No. 2 anecdotes -- Labor conflicts and instability -- Acid rain legislation and mine layoffs -- Coal dust surveys and violations -- The big mine fire of 1984 and the push to reopen the north -- The TVA and the alleged Camp Complex improprieties of 1984 -- A new superintendent and a methane ignition -- The 1985 Camp Complex shutdown and reopening -- A new beginning -- Super units, heart problems, and an inundation on No. 3 Unit -- Squeezes on No. 3 and No. 5 units -- No 2. Unit : my last.;

600 10 a| Guillerman, Michael D.,d| 1944-=| ^A1003185;

610 20 a| Peabody Coal Companyv| Biography.=| ^A1002366;

610 20 a| United Mine Workers of Americav| Biography.=| ^A31824;

651 0 a| Union County (Ky.)v| Biography.=| ^A1002413;

651 0 a| Union County (Ky.)x| Historyy| 20th century.=| ^A1002413;

651 0 a| Union County (Ky.)x| Social conditionsy| 20th century.=| ^A1002413;

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Face boss : the memoir of a western Kentucky coal miner / Michael D. Guillerman.

Author/creator	Guillerman, Michael D., 1944-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2009.
Description	xiii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Guillerman, Michael D., 1944- Peabody Coal Company--Biography. United Mine Workers of America--Biography. Coal miners--Kentucky. --Union County. --Biography. Coal mines and mining--Kentucky. --Union County. --History. --20th century. Mining camps--Kentucky. --Union County. --History. --20th century. Labor union members--Kentucky. --Union County. --Biography. Union County (Ky.)--Biography. Union County (Ky.)--History. --20th century. Union County (Ky.)--Social conditions. --20th century.

Contents	Coal in Union County -- My first impressions of coal mining -- Millions of tons of coal -- Mine construction -- Becoming a UMWA coal miner -- Working underground -- Inside a conventional mining unit -- Coal preparation on a conventional mining unit -- Loading coal, roof bolting, and the introduction of the continuous miner -- Underground beltlines : conveying coal to the stockpile -- The United Mine Workers of America -- The coal boom and my first assigned unit -- The 'wild west' -- My first bossing assignment : hard times -- No. 5 Unit : good times -- Women in the mines -- Race relations -- Camp No. 2 anecdotes -- Labor conflicts and instability -- Acid rain legislation and mine layoffs -- Coal dust surveys and violations -- The big mine fire of 1984 and the push to reopen the north -- The TVA and the alleged Camp Complex improprieties of 1984 -- A new superintendent and a methane ignition -- The 1985 Camp Complex shutdown and reopening -- A new beginning -- Super units, heart problems, and an inundation on No. 3 Unit -- Squeezes on No. 3 and No. 5 units -- No 2. Unit : my last.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-335) and index.
LCCN	2008032079
ISBN	9781572336490 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	1572336498 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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