Betty B.
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3,598 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Jul
Betty B.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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When the war ended, every mine was destroyed and there were only 30 houses left standing.
This story is told as to how the destruction was started.
The founder of the company was asked to go out with some officers and soldiers.
The request was, of course, a command.
He was led to the finest of his minds
and as one of the Germans pressed a button, he saw plants worth millions go into the air with the noise of the terrible explosion set off for the purpose.
It is wonderful how much concrete has been used in the construction.
This is true of all sorts of buildings and even of the telegraph and telephone poles lining the roads of northern France.
These poles are 30 or 40 feet high, about a foot thick one way and eight inches the other.
They are usually made with great diamond-shaped holes
running from the bottom to the top, to decrease their weight, I suppose.
They seem very substantial.
The mine buildings are brick, stone, and concrete.
The machinery is essentially modern and beautifully finished.
Most of it comes from England and France.
I climb to the top of one of the structures and watch the coal as it rows out of the mines.
It is hoisted in elevators by steel cables wound over great drums.
The cars come up two at once,
and at the same time two others go down.
The loads are dropped into bins, from which the coal falls by gravity into the cars to the railroad tracks below.
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