anthony: those are some grim statistics. linda: yes. anthony: the coal that came out of this area built america, right? linda: yes. bob: mcdowell county alone was called the billion-dollar coal field. and the people that were in charge at the time didn t take advantage of all that money in case something did happen to the coal mine. justin: the cool thing is that west virginia is developing a strong entrepreneur movement that a lot of people don t know about. like with joey, he started a hydroponic growing. i mean, not blaming others for their problems, just trying to solve their own. a lot of people, it s really doing a lot of good that we don t hear about. linda: this is our pumpkin pie cake. have you ever had a pumpkin pie cake? joel: you probably won t like it, so i ll take your spot. [ laughter ] bob: we got spoiled. the last coal mines i worked at i made base salary was $94,000 a year. i also taught vocational school and most of the kids i had said, well, i
joel: in the county itself, as of the last census, so. anthony: those are some grim statistics. linda: yes. anthony: the coal that came out of this area built america, right? linda: yes. bob: mcdowell county alone was called the billion-dollar coal field. and the people that were in charge at the time didn t take advantage of all that money in case something did happen to the coal mine. justin: the cool thing is that west virginia is developing a strong entrepreneur movement that a lot of people don t know about. like with joey, he started a hydroponic growing. i mean, not blaming others for their problems, just trying to solve their own. a lot of people, it s really doing a lot of good that we don t hear about. linda: this is our pumpkin pie cake. have you ever had a pumpkin pie cake? joel: you probably won t like it, so i ll take your spot. [ laughter ] bob: we got spoiled. the last coal mines i worked at i made base salary was $94,000 a year. i also taught vo
was called the billion-dollar coal field. the last coal mines i worked at i made base salary was $94,000 a year. i also taught vocational school and most of the kids i had said, jina: there s just an education piece there now that we re trying to instill in some of the people that still have the mentality that coal is king. you know, we don t doubt that but we try to think outside the box to look at some other opportunities that might be there. coach: get more physical. let s go! anthony: the mount view golden knights have long carried the mantle of the town as perpetual underdogs. mostly the children of miners, many from very difficult situations at home. coach: why are you walking? hurry up! anthony: this week it s homecoming. coach larry thompson has of late imposed some order and higher academic standards on the knights. there are high hopes. coach larry: lord, thank you for this food we re about to
how large? linda: no. we ve gone from what, 100,000 down to about 10,000. bob: down to about 10,000-12,000. joel: in the county itself, as of the last census, so. anthony: those are some grim statistics. linda: yes. anthony: the coal that came out of this area built america, right? linda: yes. bob: mcdowell county alone was called the billion-dollar coal field. and the people that were in charge at the time didn t take advantage of all that money in case something did happen to the coal mine. justin: the cool thing is that west virginia is developing a strong entrepreneur movement that a lot of people don t know about. like with joey, he started a hydroponic growing. i mean, not blaming others for their problems, just trying to solve their own. a lot of people, it s really doing a lot of good that we don t hear about. linda: this is our pumpkin pie cake. have you ever had a pumpkin pie cake? joel: you probably won t like it, so i ll take your spot. bob: we got
linda: yes. anthony: the coal that came out of this area built america, right? linda: yes. bob: mcdowell county alone was called the billion-dollar coal field. and the people that were in charge at the time didn t take advantage of all that money in case something did happen to the coal mine. justin: the cool thing is that west virginia is developing a strong entrepreneur movement that a lot of people don t know about. like with joey, he started a hydroponic growing. i mean, not blaming others for their problems, just trying to solve their own. a lot of people, it s really doing a lot of good that we don t hear about. linda: this is our pumpkin pie cake. have you ever had a pumpkin pie cake? joel: you probably won t like it, so i ll take your spot. bob: we got spoiled. the last coal mines i worked at i made base salary was $94,000 a year. i also taught vocational school, and most of the kids i had said, well, i don t need this. i m going to work in the coal mines.