COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Record
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
A miner's life: from Wales to Utah (Part 1 of 2)
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal mines and mining--Utah--Scofield
Subject:
Interviews
Subject:
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
Subject:
Quality of life--United States--History
Subject:
Utah--Winter Quarters
Subject:
Coal mine accidents--Utah--Carbon County
Subject:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Anecdotes
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields--France--Argonne
Description:
84 year-old former miner, Thomas Biggs talks about his life in Utah. His Mormon family left Wales in 1910, where he had worked in tin works at 12 and mining at 14. He and his father became miners in Carbon County mines in Utah. Many family members had been killed in the 1900 mine explosion there. He himself once suffered numerous fractures from being buried under coal. He also accidentally chopped his thumb off while cutting timber for mine securement. He was drafted and fought in France. His Mormon wife, whom he knew from childhood, came to the U.S. in 1928. They both relate the ups and downs of the mining town life. Biggs compares coal and mining techniques in Wales and Utah. He stresses that miners were better off in Wales far sooner because unions achieved improvements. The couple talks about their present life, their family, and being Mormon.
Description Type:
summary
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Biggs, Mabel
Contributor:
Biggs, Thomas, 1893-1981
Date:
1978-04-27
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Identifier:
narv_coloradoCoal_transBiggs2.pdf
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: A miner's life: from Wales to Utah (Part 2 of 2)
Relation Type:
isPartOf
Relation:
Title: A miner's life: from Wales to Utah (first video)
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Relation:
Title: A miner's life: from Wales to Utah (second video)
Relation Type:
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Coverage (Spatial):
Argonne (Grand Est, France, Europe) (general region)
Coverage (Temporal):
1900/1978
Coverage (Spatial):
Carbon County (Utah, United States, North America) (civil)
Coverage (Spatial):
Clear Creek (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial):
Scofield (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial):
Utah (United States, North America) (state)
Coverage (Spatial):
Wales (United Kingdom, Europe) (country)
Coverage (Spatial):
Winter Quarters (historical) (Carbon, Utah, United States, North America) (populated place)
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