tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20926031.post3367452619127569695..comments2023-12-27T09:39:30.192-05:00Comments on NEPA Blogs: The Forgotten Coal Industry of NEPAD.B. Echohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20926031.post-91935876877782550842012-03-24T20:21:24.812-04:002012-03-24T20:21:24.812-04:00I used to work with a Carl Zaverl at a DVD factory...I used to work with a Carl Zaverl at a DVD factory. Is he a relative, I wonder?D.B. Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797128570217627410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20926031.post-71942558528723597042012-03-24T05:53:15.727-04:002012-03-24T05:53:15.727-04:00My late grandfather, Joseph Zaverl, an immigrant f...My late grandfather, Joseph Zaverl, an immigrant from Slovenia, worked in the coal mines of Lackawanna County. At the age of 36, while in the mines, was hit in the head with a steel hook that pulled the cart filled with coal up to the surface. He left his wife, my grandmother, a widow with four children under the age of 12. My mom was 10. I will not forget the coal mining industry.MJ Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06420963901344205016noreply@blogger.com