Coal Paper Weight - Something that used to be something else.

Several years ago, my fiancé and I went into a coal mine in Pennsylvania. I had always wanted to experience what coal miners felt so it was quite a trip going into the earth. This is a piece of coal from the mine. i now use it as a paper weight and a reminder of a great time.

Pix of inside of coal mine in notes. PS. We didn't chisel the coat out of the wall. It was already chiseled.

Indycaver (Norm), Karen's Place, Sami Serola (inactive) and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo

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autofantasia ^club

An intriguing story and keepsake ... nicely captured too, but pardon my stupidity doesn't it mark the papers you sit it on?

8 years ago.

Coco ^club has replied to autofantasia ^club

No. It is not soft coal. It is hard coal and doesn't leave any residue.

8 years ago.

autofantasia ^club has replied to Coco ^club

As I said, pardon my stupidity - lol! ;)

8 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club has replied to autofantasia ^club

(I wondered the same thing, Paul.)

8 years ago.

PhLB - Luc Boonen ^club

cool piece, Coco!

8 years ago.

Jan

Wow! beautiful shiny piece of coal. Great idea

8 years ago.

Valfal ^club

A wonderful way to recycle coal; thanks for sharing your memories of that mine you visited, Cordia :-)

8 years ago.

Puchinpappy ^club

At first I thought it was a new use for a Christmas present. :)

8 years ago.

Esther ^club

Shades of claustrophobia! I'm impressed.

8 years ago.

Dida From Augsburg ^club

Cool trip and keepsake - years ago we went also into a coal mine and last year into a salt mine. I'm always a bit anxious so deep beneath the earth.

8 years ago.

H C

Very nice keepsake from that mine. I wouldn't like to go in there by the look of it. I've only ever been in one mine and that was the Blue John mine in Derbyshire, England.

8 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon

i love rocks, this is a fabulous one

8 years ago.

Sami Serola (inactiv… ^club

Items with a story are the best =)

8 years ago.

Karen's Place ^club

I would never think that coal could be so pretty. Nicely photographed and interesting story, Cordia. :)

(the pip is so scary. I don't think I could have stayed down there very long.)

8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.

Indycaver (Norm) ^club

Well done Cordia! :-) We don't see much of that around here. The coal here tends to flake apart as it dries out. The coal balls are pretty hard though.

8 years ago.