Show sterilized coal coal in the mines Is one of the things freest from germs old time doctors used to notice coal miners mine rs wounds healed fast though be grimed and be smeared with coal dust for a long I 1 time it has been thought that b breathing re athing in cohl coal dust caused lung diseases oases in miners some experts find fresh roal poal Is as good as sterilized and say gay miners have lung trouble because they do not take the trouble to put off thear damp and sweaty clothing before going from the mine to their homes thus taking cold in the open air walk experts shy eay our I 1 miners ought to put on warm andary and dry clothe at the mouth of the mine but it seema the miners have minds of their own and although the coal companies in some places fixed up hot and cold water baths and dressing rooms at the mouth of the mines the men would not use them but went home to wash and dress as had been their custom for generations |