| 1 | Retirement at age 65 made sense when most workers poured steel, plowed fields and mined coal. | |
| 2 | It said rail cars should carry thermal coal before other grades, such as coking coal, a key ingredient in steel-making. | |
| 3 | Coal miners and steelworkers can identify with the inherited resolve of the lead and zinc miners here. | |
| 4 | In one case, Homeplace helped a steelworker who broke his arm on a day off. | |
| 5 | In the dark we passed by huge steelmaking furnaces spewing flame and sparks - my first exposure to the industry that would become my specialty in later years. |