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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Driving mules in Weld County coal mines
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Creator:
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Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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Creator:
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McMahan, Ronald L.
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Subject:
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Coal mines and mining
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Subject:
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Coal Strike (Colorado : 1913-1914)
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Subject:
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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
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Subject:
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Coal miners--Colorado--History--20th century
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Subject:
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Quality of life--United States--History
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Subject:
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Coal mine accidents--Colorado--History
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Subject:
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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937
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Subject:
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Coal miners--Personal narratives
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Subject:
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Interviews
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Description:
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A retired coal miner talks about his mining days, which began when he was 15 years old. He worked at numerous mines, wherever there was work, mostly as a mule team driver. He expounds on work hours, his pay, lunch pails, and meeting Mr. Rockefeller. Winters were spent in tents with wooden floors and a stove and miners worked ten hours per day. In the summer there was little mining work. Miners took on other jobs and families went into debt. He explains digging and loading procedures and talks about the dangers of mining the gassy plain mines of central Colorado. He recalls explosions in Monarch, Hastings, and Berwind mines. He gives a brief description of the events surrounding the Ludlow Massacre, at which he was shot. Convinced that only with a union would miners improve their situation, he did some organizing in Wyoming and was blacklisted for 2 years.
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Publisher:
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
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DeSantis, Dan, 1896-1981
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Date:
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1978-01-19
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Type:
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Text
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Format:
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application/pdf
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Identifier:
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narv_coloradoCoal_transDeSantis.pdf
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/mj721m412757
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: Driving mules in Weld County coal mines (pt. 1 of 3)
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Relation Type:
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isFormatOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/wv3c3d92k911
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Relation:
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Title: Driving mules in Weld County coal mines (pt. 2 of 3)
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Relation Type:
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isFormatOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/t51g3224j19w
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Relation:
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Title: Driving mules in Weld County coal mines (pt. 3 of 3)
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Relation Type:
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isFormatOf
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Relation href:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/v35f0r03j67t
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Berwind Mines (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Temporal):
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1913/1978
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Colorado (United States, North America) (first order administrative divisions)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Eagle Mine (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Imperial Mine (Weld, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Ludlow (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Monarch Number One Mine (Boulder, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Morley Mine (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Weld County (Colorado, United States, North America) (civil)
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Rights:
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