Mine workers extract iron ore.
Iron ore is made into iron which is made into machines which shovel iron ore.
"Tell it like it is
Till there's no misunderstanding
When you strip it right back
Man feed machine
Machine feed man" to quote a (human) poet
Iron ore is made into iron which is made into machines which shovel iron ore.
"Tell it like it is
Till there's no misunderstanding
When you strip it right back
Man feed machine
Machine feed man" to quote a (human) poet
Well John Henry hammered in the mountain, he'd give a grunt and he'd give groan with every swing, the women folks for miles around, heard him and come down, to watch him make the cold steel ring, Lord what a swinger, just listen to that cold steel ring
But the bad boss come up laughing at John Henry, said you full of vinegar now, but you bout through, were gonna get a steam drill to do your share of drivin, then what's all them muscles gonna do, huh John Henry, gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you
John Henry said I feed four little brothers, and my baby sister's walking on her knees, did the Lord say that machines ought to take the place of living, and what's a subsitute for bread and beans, I ain't seen it, do engines get rewarded for their steam?
but ofc the machine is repairable, the late john henry less so.
Somehow work survived.