The Metal in the Coal
ACT I Billy Hoss knew the difference between coal and not-coal the way other men knew their wives' faces. He could tell you, by touch alone, whether a lump of black rock was bituminous or anthracite, whether it came from the deep seams or the shallow cuts, whether it would burn hot and clean or slow and smoky. He knew the mountain the way he knew his own hands. Three generations of Hoss men had...
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