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Originally posted by winnieb
It is a miracle they found the men alive!!!! 
Side question: for those of you who said your houses are on top of old mines, can't you collect some sort of royalty for the product that comes out from under your home? The first "real" job I had was at a chemical company that mined. I know we use to pay some man HUGE royalties for the stuff we took out of the ground-- I don't know specifics on the contracts, as I would just wire him the money, but they were some nice sums of cash he was receiving.
And from being on business trips into mines, it is unreal to be down there. The trip down the shaft is unreal, the darkness when you turn off your miners light, it is all overwhelming. When we were underground we asked the guys and they said they were well trained and were able to get around in the complete darkness of their mines. They said they knew what to do if something should happen. I could never imagine being trapped down there!!! It is amazing they found them alive.
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It depends on what kind of deal there was going. You can sell the rights to what is below you. When you own property, you also own the sky above in and whatever is below it. Chances are when the property is purchased there was something written into the contract about the mines. I also don't know- WV may have specific sorts of laws on this, since coal mining is a major industry there
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