re: #188 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My granddad was a coal miner in Iowa.

There are thin coal beds that are found in about two thirds of that state. Low quality, but in some parts of the state the overlaying sediments have been eroded to expose the coal, and shallow mines were done.

In the central part of the country there are extensive coal deposits, but again they are not very thick and hence not too productive.

Plus the farmland on top is too valuable to give up.

Still, the GOP wants coal so hey, dig up the farms.