COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Record
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
Party at the Portal, Paonia, Colorado
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal mines and mining--Colorado
Subject:
Labor disputes--Colorado
Subject:
Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
Subject:
Westmoreland Coal Company
Subject:
Interviews
Description:
Tim and Mary Walsh talk to the interviewers about how they came to be miners and ended up working at the non-union Westmoreland Mine together. They had problems with management when they began organizing employees around the lack of safety measures. They explain the procedure of "pulling pillars" after a section has been mined. It is dangerous and requires the utmost in safety precautions, such as timbering the ceiling, which was not always done. Mary describes a cave-in accident she had as a consequence. The company had been having lease issues and started mining into a coal burn area, which also leads to cave-ins. Fifty percent of the employees would have to join the union for negotiations to be possible.
Description Type:
summary
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Walsh, Tim
Contributor:
Walsh, Mary
Date:
1978-03-09
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Identifier:
narv_coloradoCoal_transParty.pdf
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: Portal party after the union meeting
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Coverage (Spatial):
Paonia (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Temporal):
3/9/1978
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