Blue Quote by Barbara Ehrenreich

I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.

— Tom Jones

My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.

— Faye Marsay

My father was a miner and he worked down a mine.

— Kevin Keegan

My father and brothers were coal miners.

— Merle Travis

My grandfather, born in 1865, was a copper miner from the age of 10. The air down the mines was poisoned with arsenic, and…

— Shakin' Stevens

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner.…

— Harry Reid

My grandfather, who brought me up, was a coal miner. I visited the mines with him. I remember it vividly. It was horrible. I'm…

— Paul W. S. Anderson

I come from a family of coal miners.

— Richard Ojeda

I grew up listening to my dad, a miner who rose through the ranks to be the mine superintendent in Coalwood, W.V. , yelling…

— Homer Hickam

My dad was a miner at South Kirkby colliery. He went on strike but he didn't go to the picket line, he just put…

— Gail Bradbrook

My mom's family was farmers and coal miners. They were very hardworking folks. My dad was an attorney and ran his own firm. He…

— Kendra Scott

I was raised here in Logan County, where I was blessed to be in a family that had over 200 years of United Mine…

— Richard Ojeda