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The Mountaineer Mine

The Mountaineer Mine (An Intro) 9/14/17
The Mountaineer Mine #1 - Kevin Pittsnogle
The Mountaineer Mine #2 - Major Harris
The Mountaineer Mine #2.2 - Major Harris
The Mountaineer Mine #3 - Owen Schmitt
The Mountaineer Mine #3.2 - Owen Schmitt

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  • Sports Memorabilia News
    Revealed: The TV Manufacturer Whose Set Design Was Used on 1955 Bowman Baseball Cards - Philadelphia-based Bowman stayed local when it came time to find design inspiration for what became one of the most unique baseball card sets ever made.
  • soxnerd
    2025 WHITE SOX PLAYER REVIEW: TYLER ALEXANDER - My alphabetical review — @soxnerd style — of the 2025 White Sox begins with Tyler Alexander. Here goes … *On June 14, Alexander became the first White Sox ...
  • cards as i see them
    (i didn't want to see) apathy in the uk - i was in the uk for a couple of weeks last month, and i decided to keep an eye out for trading cards. i didn't have to wait too long before i spotted some,...
  • Sportscards From The Dollar Store
    Mailbag! - A small bubbler did show up before the postal strike started, and now it is time to show the contents of the mailer from Dawg Day Cards' Angus. Jim Kelly...
  • Beckett News
    2025-26 SkyBox Metal Universe Hockey Details - 2025-26 SkyBox Metal Universe Hockey checklist details, hobby box breakdown, odds, release date, inserts, autographs and more. The post 2025-26 SkyBox Me...
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    Large Ron B Package - I feel guilty for not showing off these great cards from Trading Bases member Ron B sooner. This huge stack of cards has been on my desk for close to a ...
  • Johnny's Trading Spot
    Wacky Wednesday - *Hump day once again!* *Let's do this thang!* *Have a great night everyone!*
  • Tim Wallach
    St. Louis Park, MN - These 8 cards (and a Fleer Expos Sticker) were sent by Dan of Minnesota. This is the third city in Minnesota Dan has sent cards from. As fan of stamps...
  • Go GTS
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  • The Collective Mind
    Victory Is Ours! - I think the bots have finally been turned back! Reader levels for all posts have returned to normal levels. Even the Bot Decoy post has only one read th...
  • fivecardguys
    Mickey And Friends On MLB Topps Chrome Disney Cards - Disney magic meets the diamond in an awesome crossover: the launch of MLD Disney Topps Chrome with Mickey & Friends MLB cards in 2025.
  • baseball card vandals
    Ooh, that’s ripe. - Ooh, that’s ripe. Own this BCV original.
  • The Official Panini America Blog
    PANINI AMERICA STEPS INTO 7 ON 7: NAMED THE EXCLUSIVE TRADING CARD PARTNER OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA EXPRESS - Exclusive Agreement with Premier 7 on 7 Football Program Irving, TX – October 15, 2025 – Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment colle...
  • Vintage Hockey Cards Report
    Hockey Tales & Trivia Podcast: Episode 2 (Transcript) - What follows is the transcript of Episode 2 in our Hockey Tales & Trivia Podcast series at Spotify. The format includes three trivia questions with detai...
  • Diamond Jesters
    Repack Haiku #430 (Rob Dibble) - *Earned "Nasty Boy" name:* *Threw balls at fans and runners * *Fought with manager* 1990 Score #277 Rob Dibble Dibble was suspended 3 separate times in 1...
  • Daily Autograph
    Michael Taylor - I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2024. Mich...
  • WHEN TOPPS HAD (BASE)BALLS!
    MISSING IN ACTION: 1963 FLEER KEN HUBBS - On the blog today, it's been a while since I added to the short 1963 Fleer checklist, so I thought a "missing" card for former N.L. Rookie of the Year Ken ...
  • CrazieJoe's Card Corner
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  • Nachos Grande
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  • Oilpressure
    The Grass is Not Always Greener - Yesterday, we got confirmation that Rinus VeeKay will be on the grid for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season. He will be piloting the car that Conor Daly dr...
  • Sports Card Info
    Card of the Day: Eric Leckner 1990-91 NBA Hoops #429 -
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  • My Sports Obsession
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  • John's Big League Baseball Blog
    Tiger Card Tuesday- 2025 Topps Heritage Kerry Carpenter - * 2025 Topps Heritage #226 * * Kerry Carpenter * *Play BALL! 🐅⚾️ *
  • Droidtrader's Sports Memorabilia
    Aker, Eckersley, Essegian and Maloney TTM Returns and Some 1958 Topps Purchases - I received four ttm returns back today. Three were regular returns in my sase, and one was a padded envelope via PirateShip. Jack Aker signed four cards...
  • Blowout Buzz
    First Buzz: 2025 Leaf Photographic autographs - *What: *2025 Leaf Photographic autographs *Arrives:* Nov. 28 *Box basics: *One 1/1 framed and autographed Polaroid photo per box (10 boxes per case) *Orde...
  • The Chronicles of Fuji
    Flea Market Finds #181: Dime Box Cards - This year has been one of the best in regards to flea market finds, but after two poor outings in a row... I'm starting to think the hot streak is over. T...
  • thefirstfiftyracesarethehardest
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  • The Writer's Journey
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  • Cardboard History
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  • Mint Condition
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  • Japanese Baseball Cards
    RIP Yoshihiro Itoh - Catching up on some tragic news from last week when I was on vacation... Former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Yoshihiro Itoh was killed in a motorcycle acc...
  • 1960s Baseball
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  • COMC Blog
    The 2025 November Marquee Auction Event - Introducing a special selling opportunity with eBay: The 2025 November Marquee Auction Event runs from November 17th through November 27th! COMC is proud t...
  • ENOUGH ALREADY
    KABOOM hunting in a 2023 blaster of Absolute football! -
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    1996 Collect-A-Card The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The McDonaldland 500 - Greetings! Hope everyone's doing well. Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of my first post here on APTBNL and as per tradition, I go with a non-sports pac...
  • The Greatest 21 Days
    Mike Hartley got focused, made majors over six seasons - [image: Mike Hartley 1990 Los Angeles Dodgers baseball card] Mike Hartley's pro career in 1982, having hardly pitched since since freshman year in high sch...
  • Padrographs; Abner to Zimmer
    Plus 1=1340 - Well I added a card to my Padrographs collection. Reginald Preciado signed by the Padres in 2019, he played in instructional ball for the Padres but wa...
  • RED SOX FAN IN NEBRASKA
    R.I.P. Mike Greenwell - This one was pretty sad. I started watching baseball in 1991. One of the mainstays of the team at that point was Mike Greenwell. He instantly became ...
  • Baseball Card Breakdown
    Set Completion Carousel - I wanted to jog through a couple sets that I've recently completed, as well as a couple other sets I've started with help from near-complete starters. *Joy...
  • The Yount Collector
    2023 Donruss - Mr 3000 Red - Year: 2023 Manufacturer: Panini Set: Donruss Card Number: M3K-13 Card Type: Insert Parallel Insert Set: Mr. 3000 Parallel Set: Red Card Attributes: Serial ...
  • MY HOCKEY CARD OBSESSION
    MY COLLECTION - Sitting Down With Purpose To Do Some Blogging - Happy Saturday all....long time. Hope all is well. I woke up this morning and in the midst of scrolling through some social media and eBay listings, stum...
  • Cards on Cards
    Good Luck Ducks, Week 7: Indy Vibes - *Oregon is back on their home turf in another Top Ten battle.* The Ducks are coming off of a much needed bye week today, but the goal ahead of them isn't...
  • The Topps Archives
    A Red Letter Year - An accumulation of promotional materials here at the Topps Archives Research Complex concerning the 1964 Topps *Baseball *offerings has finally hit criti...
  • Too Many Verlanders
    2025 trade package #17: Night Owl - Somehow the Tigers are still playing this late in October despite their epic second half collapse and some dire playoff game performances, and while I s...
  • The Phillies Room
    Blog Cleanser - 1982 Donruss #585 Pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater in about 125 days.
  • SABR Baseball Cards
    Tracking player selection and team changes across the T212 Obak set - The T212 Obak set, issued from 1909 to 1911, includes 426 cards of Pacific Coast League and Northwestern League subjects. Not surprisingly, some subjects h...
  • Not Another Baseball Card Blog
    Blue Jays Win - Hello Friends! So last night the Blue Jays beat the Yankees in the ALDS to advance to the ALCS. This was after having a not so great game in Game 3 and ...
  • Puck Junk
    Clemente’s Corner: Revisiting the 1985-86 7-Eleven Hockey Card Set - The 1985-86 7-Eleven “NHL Collectors’ Series” hockey card set is a distinctive and nostalgic release from the mid-1980s, produced during the start of wha...
  • Card Buzz
    Card show trip - picking through binned singles - *These were more pick ups from the last show I went to over the summer* - I may have a couple of more things to show, though it might be up in the air whet...
  • The Shlabotnik Report
    Down The Rabbit Hole Of Mid-70s Topps Uncut Sheets - I’ll warn you up front… This post is nerdy, rambling, fairly pointless and doesn’t come to any real conclusions. It’s largely about “Oooh, look at these u...
  • Sport Card Collectors
    Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Inception Magenta /99 - *(Previously posted on Big Blue Cardboard. All Rodney's Cardboard posts from here on out will be cross-posted)* It's October and we are already one m...
  • Torren' Up Cards
    Cardass - So in Japan there still exists a relic from a bygone era. Vending machines that sell collectible trading cards. Specifically I'm referring to "Cardass" ...
  • Cardboard Junkie
    2025 Playoff Preferences - 9 MONTHS IS A GOOD BREAK I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THE PLAYOFFS ARE HERE AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO RANK MY PREFERRED TEAMS FROM "ROOTING FOR EM ALL...
  • LV's TTM autographs and Baseball Cards
    September TTMs - Rick Parker Signed 2/2 Sent c/o Home address 218 days
  • Section 36
    Collecting the Sox: Bobbleheads - Harry Potter Devers - If you're following me on Instagram (and really why aren't you?) you know I've been showing off my bobblehead collection periodically one by one. I reali...
  • The Fleer Sticker Project
    They Still Work! 1970 Fleer Iron-Ons - I came across a video on Youtube from Rob Opens Wax opening a pack of *1970 Fleer Iron-ons*. It was fun to see Rob not only open the pack but th...
  • Dave and Adam’s Sports Card Blog - News and Information on Sports Cards
    Top 10 Buys for the week of September 26th - Ready to cash in on your collectibles? Dave & Adam’s is buying the hottest boxes and singles — here are our Top 10 Buys for the week: Top 10 Box Buys 202...
  • Collector's Crack
    Going through a bulk baseball card box buy. - Thought I might post this here if anyone is interested. I'm incredibly lucky to have a great source for cheap bulk cards here in Anchorage. Don's Sp...
  • Cardboard Catastrophes
    Mortality - The dean of the (dwindling) population of card bloggers, Night Owl, has been musing recently on topics that derive from the advance of time and our posi...
  • Pre-War Card Magazine
    September Auction Spotlight on Rare Eddie Plank - The REA September Auction includes many familiar faces, Cobb, Mathewson, Ruth among them, but perhaps the most notable is an extremely scarce Eddie Plank....
  • Cincinnati Reds Baseball Card Collector
    2015 Reds Autograph Baseball - Here's the latest addition to my autograph collection, a 2015 Reds team signed Opening Day Major League Baseball. There are 16 signatures on this basebal...
  • Tan Man Baseball Fan
    Sixty Years for One Pack Hit? The Wild Odds of 1991 Donruss Elite - Let’s talk about 1991 Donruss! Mediocre. Lackluster. Predictable. That’s what some collectors said about Donruss’ first two series release. It has bee...
  • I need new hobbies.
    For Sale or Trade! - This is just a placeholder post, until I start posting things for sale or trade. I’m going through a lot of my stuff at the moment, so the first couple of ...
  • Snagging Cardboard
    Rodney's Cardboard:2024 Topps Signature Class Preeminent Ink Autograph - IT'S FINALLY FOOTBALL SUNDAY!LET'S GO!!Today the NY Giants take on the Washington Commanders (I still don't care for the name change) at 1pm.In both games ...
  • Starting Nine.
    It Was Thirty Years Ago Today. - Fans talk about "unbreakable" records all the time. They talk about Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hit streak as though no one could ever break it. It i...
  • Hockey Ink In The Mail
    Months of Mail - June, July & August 2025 - The quest continues! This summer saw 8 new NHL player autographs added making the grand total 7,653 unique player signatures for 94% of everyone to ever pl...
  • Heartbreaking Cards of Staggering Genius
    1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List - 1962 Topps Mars Attacks Needs List Last updated: 08-31-25 *Bold* = Awaiting arrival/pending trade 1. The Invasion Begins 2. Martians Approaching 3. At...
  • Lifetime Topps project
    Completed insert set – 2004 Topps All-Stars - OK – back to some completed set posts. This All-Star insert set with the shiny background was something Topps had been doing for multiple years – but not ...
  • The Angels, In Order
    Added Two This Week - Just two cards incoming this week. TCDB trading is on again off again. I think I have two more incoming next week. I miss getting mail. Small trade with ...
  • Getting Back into Baseball Cards....in Japan
    2024 Topps Stadium Club NPB complete set for $3.40 - As I mentioned last week one of my new collecting hobbies is buying complete sets that I find for insanely cheap prices. This week's installment is th...
  • Off Hiatus Baseball Cards
    A Milwaukee Card Show!? - Am I too late to talk about a trip I took in June? Well, I am going to talk about it anyway. My wife had decided to go to an out-of-town event in Charlot...
  • Royal Card Review
    She Ain't What She Use To Be - For unknown reasons, the other day I was messing around with Twitter or X or as I call it- Elon's Money Pit. I'm not sure what I was doing, but I don't...
  • ikissedthebricks
    Justin Wilson- 10 Years - It breaks my heart to write this post. How in the world can it be ten years since we lost Justin? We still talk about him every race we attend. I wear a ne...
  • Run-Fore!-Kelloggs Baseball Cards
    2025 National Updates From Friday - I spent about five hours at the show on Friday. I am sure I missed items, but here are some things that I did see. I bought three cards including a 197...
  • Infield Fly Rule
    Roger That - You only have to win by one. Despite slogging through what has been a disastrous 2025 season, the Colorado Rockies scratched out an all-time great win las...
  • Number 5 Type Collection
    1979 Calbee Japanese Baseball #5, Kyosuke Sasaki - This close-up batting portrait shows Japanese veteran Kyosuke Sasaki in the colorful, Expos-like uniform for one of Osaka's two teams of that era, the Ki...
  • Hell's Valuable Collectibles
    Jaroslav Halak Autographed 8x10 Photo - (team and product links go to sponsored *Amazon* products, player links go to related pages on my blog, news links go to source pages) There was sad news t...
  • Sports Card Radio
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  • Look! An Airplane!
    Mid-Way Regional Pancake Breakfast Fly-In, Midlothian, TX 2025 - June 7, 2025 Mid-Way Regional Airport, Midlothian, TX I'm
  • A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts
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  • Upper Deck Blog
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  • Welcome to Oreopolis!
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  • The Cardboard and Me
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  • Royals and Randoms
    My Son's One Pack - Last night at my Son's end-of-year Little League team party, one of the coaches handed out one pack of 2025 Topps to each player. My son pulled thi...
  • Eamus Catuli!
    My First Rip In Quite Awhile - I had an unexpected envelope arrive in the mail the other day, and I finally found a minute to dive in. There was a nice, handwritten note from a good b...
  • Cardboard Collections
    Surprise Package from "The Sewing Machine Guy" - While I've been around the Hobby for some time now, I really haven't been very active in the Hobby outside the small breaks I run weekly over in my Face...
  • Blog - WaxPackHero
    2024 Cryptozoic A Christmas Story - After 40 years, A Christmas Story finally has a trading card set for fans and collectors to enjoy.
  • Hockey Kazi
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  • Clyde's Stale Cards
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  • Cards of Future Fenway Stars
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  • 1995 Skybox E-Motion
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  • Plaschke, Thy Sweater Is Argyle
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  • Highly Subjective and Completely Arbitrary
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  • CaptKirk42s Trading Cards Blog
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  • Baseball Happenings
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  • Fan-Attic Sports Cards Blog
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  • The Snorting Bull
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  • Wrigley Wax
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  • Dub Mentality
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  • The Real DFG
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  • Dave's World
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  • Sports Cards Uncensored
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  • The Hopeful Chase
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  • The Raz Card Blog
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  • Can't Have Too Many Cards
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  • Remember The Astrodome
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  • Dawg Day Cards
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  • Bump and Run Football Card Blog
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  • Trader Crack's
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  • FOR LOVE of THE CARDS
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  • Scott Crawford On Cards!
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  • $30 a week habit
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  • Lingua Sports Cards
    Test 2 - ewcececcccecc
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