Those men??? Oh, the miners you mean, right? Our hearts go out to all the men and women who must work below ground.
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There may be women miners somewhere, but I have never heard of a mine rescue or disaster ANYWHERE that had female casualties. Truthfully, it's a job very few women could do because we just don't have the upper body strength to operate jackhammers and some of that other heavy equipment.
As for some miners having two wives, one legal and one common-law: This may not be by choice in some cases. A Chilean poster on another board said that divorce is very hard to get in Chile, and in fact has only been legalized for about the past 10 years.