This is an excerpt from an essay written by Pat Noel about the explosion in the Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine in Coal Basin on April 15, 1981. The full essay can be found in the late Stan K. Badett’s book “Digging in the Dark,” a copy of which was recently brought into The Sopris […]
Pat Noel
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Eulogy on the 10th anniversary of the death of a newspaper
Some of us are beginning to realize that old age is not “just another bump in the road.” It’s… The Last Bump… and we ain’t gonna get over it. But you’ve got to admit we’ve been lucky enough to live as long as we have, made the friends we did and loved the lovers who […]