A couple describes coal mining life from 1920 on, beginning with Genaro emigrating from Italy to find work in Colorado. The two met at the wedding of their cousins and say life was hard but one gets used to it. He would go to work at 3 AM and load 30 tons of coal per day. She washed clothes in a tub, hauling the water from outdoors, and raised eight children. He came home covered in coal dust and they had no bathtub. The company provided housing, at first doubling them up with another family, and they bought everything from the company store. In the evening he went out to have wine and play cards. They also talk about their present lives, their income, their house, and their adult children. They mention the on-going coal miner strike and how growth might change the town of Frederick, where they now live.
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A couple describes coal mining life from 1920 on, beginning with Genaro emigrating from Italy to find work in Colorado. The two met at the wedding of their cousins and say life was hard but one gets used to it. He would go to work at 3 AM and load 30 tons of coal per day. She washed clothes in a tub, hauling the water from outdoors, and raised eight children. He came home covered in coal dust and they had no bathtub. The company provided housing, at first doubling them up with another family, and they bought everything from the company store. In the evening he went out to have wine and play cards. They also talk about their present lives, their income, their house, and their adult children. They mention the on-going coal miner strike and how growth might change the town of Frederick, where they now live.
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