COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Record
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
A mine fire chief shows his collection of coal mining equipment
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject:
Interviews
Subject:
Interviews
Description:
10:00 -- Discusses the daily life of miners; 20:00 -- Types of headgear and lamps for miners changed over time; 30:00-- Tools to blast coal with explosives; 40:00 -- Other tools formerly used in mining; 50:00-- Efforts to maintain safety in coal mines; 60:00 --Radio and other early entertainment in the mining camp.
Description Type:
Segment Sequence
Description:
(No transcript is available for this video.) Mr. Bisulco talks about the daily life of miners. He shows the transitions between headgears and lamps that were available to the miners over time with the change of technology. He elaborates on photographs of the town and the miners as well as tools available in the mine to blast coal with dynamite and powder. He also shows some of the tools that were used in the mines including bells, lamps, oil canisters, and photographs from within an old active mine. Mr. Bisculo discusses his work as Fire Chief and the technology he used to maintain safety in the mines. He shows his radio that is used to attract people from around the town as well as some of the other forms of early entertainment for the town.
Description Type:
summary
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Bisulco, Alex, 1902-1978
Date:
1978-06-27
Type:
Moving image
Format:
video/mov
Identifier:
199-Bisulco.mov
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Relation:
Title: A miner's wife remembers
Relation Type:
isPartOf
Relation:
Title: A miner in Aguilar recalls the Ludlow Massacre
Relation Type:
isPartOf
Coverage (Spatial):
Aguilar (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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