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I agree.WORK FACE * CUT TO: JAY LOADER PAN TO CU OF TEETH OF LOADER, CUT TO: MS OF MINE FACE, PAN MINE FACE TO ... MINER MOVING LOADER AGAINST MINE FACE. PAN ACROSS TO LOADING CAR WHICH IS EMPTY TO SNAPPER, THE DRIVER, OF THE COAL CAR. PAN OR CUT TO: JERRY BYRNES WHO IS NOW ENTERING WORK ROOM, BYRNES CROSSES WORK ROOM, LOOKS AT CEILING IN SEARCH OF THE HIGH- EST POINT. THEN HE RAISES THE KOHLER LAMP TO THAT SPOT IN THE CEILING AND LOOKS CLOSELY AT IT. PITTSBURGH - ITEM 13 Here at the work face, the tempo of living is the tempo of the machine. The days of the pick and shovel are gone like the ghosts of yesteryear. These teeth will dig into the work face. It's white now. But the white is only a thin layer of rock dust. Under it is a black vein of bituminous coal. The coal might ignite if the rock dust werenit there. Safety first is the first law in America's mines. Jerry Byrnes isn?╟╓t singing now. His work is dead serious, He's not looking up for birds here. He's looking for the highest pocket or crevice in the ceiling. Methane gas is lighter than air and thus it will rise to the highest spot in here