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Don Campbell and James next to the mining shovel Don operated in the coal mines of southern Va.
I remember sitting in the seat of this monster Terex shovel and working the controls digging a few big rocks. I remember how I felt so powerful and safe inside there. Now after this week seeing these machines being buried so quickly , it sure makes me feel different. To think Diddle and John are just two of hundreds of operators working in these conditions there whole lives. If you go to the (video ) section you can see me operating the big shovel and see how the rocks are falling in front of us. While I was in the shovel we felt a bump on the side of the shovel . Diddle said he thinks it was a rock hitting us. Most of the D-11 Dozers had dents in them and now I know how they got there.
