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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Pick and shovel coal mining in Walsenburg
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Creator:
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Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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Creator URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00101170
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Creator:
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McMahan, Ronald L.
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Creator URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033808
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Subject:
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Coal mines and mining
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/865355
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Subject:
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United Mine Workers of America--History--20th century
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Subject:
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Labor movement--United States--History--20th century
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009128353
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Subject:
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Coal mines and mining--Personal narratives
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Subject:
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Livoda, Michael S. (1886-1984)
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Subject:
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Farr, Jefferson B. (1862-1920)
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Subject:
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Interviews
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Subject URI:
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http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1423832
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Description:
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The video begins on pg. 6 of pdf transcript; 10:00 -- His early union involvement, his work in opening his own mine (pg. 11 of pdf transcript); 20:00 -- Difficulties with federal inspectors, the UMW initially denies his pension (pg. 16 of pdf transcript); 30:00 -- Issues in modern mining, his family and his life as a miner (pg. 21 of pdf transcript); 40:00 -- Fatal mining accidents, his involvement in 1922, 1927 strikes (pg. 27 of pdf transcript); 52:00 -- Contrasting his early work with that in modern, mechanized mines (pg. 34 of pdf transcript).
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Description Type:
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Segment Sequence
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Description:
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85-year-old coal miner, Pete Gergich speaks of his emigration from Yugoslavia in 1912, when agents recruited him for work in the U.S. He hand-loaded coal for 53 years, his favorite method being digging with a pick and a shovel in 3-4 ft. high shafts. Recovering the dead after a mine explosion was also part of that life. He became active in the U.M.W.A with Mike Livoda, was black-listed for 2 years, and resorted to taking difficult and dangerous mining jobs that no-one wanted. Sheriff Jeff Farr, who was on mining company pay roll, regularly bullied union organizers. During the Depression Grgich and three other miners leased their first mine, and eventually they had a 30-miner operation going but failed to make a lot of money. He believes unions now ask for too much, which drives up prices for goods. Also, young miners would not last under conditions in which he worked.
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Description Type:
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summary
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Publisher:
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
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Gergich, Pete, 1892-1986
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Date:
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1978-02-07
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Type:
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Moving image
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Format:
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video/mov
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Identifier:
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127-Gergich.mov
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/vg032f95q593
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Language:
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English
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Relation:
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Title: Pick and shovel coal mining in Walsenburg
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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:/47540/046k9h58r7zw
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Walsenburg (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Temporal):
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1912/1978
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Serbia and Montenegro (former nation/state/empire)
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