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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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Interview with Tony Hungaro
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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 miners--Personal narratives
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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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Coal mines and mining--Colorado
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97002598
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Subject:
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Lungs--Dust diseases--Colorado
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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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Interview with Tony Hungaro, and possibly other unnamed miners. Hungaro discusses the size of mines he worked for, what jobs he had, which mines he worked for, and the science of slope and strip mining, including equipment and machinery which was/is used to access the coal and the lasting damage it causes. Hungaro also discusses the social survival of a miner in those days, how the greenhorns were "greased" when they started working, which seems to be a coal miner form of "hazing": Hungaro describes the violence and physical altercations which were commonplace in those times between the mining employees. The lifestyle of miners is brought to light as Hungaro describes how miners would work only a few days at a time, and not year-around, and how most of the time he had to have multiple sources of income to make ends meet-hauling things in his truck, or farming, or odd jobs for people-all because mining was so unpredictable some years. Hungaro says that he tried to pick fruit to get extra income because times were so hard. Hungaro discusses how difficult it can be to receive Black Lung benefits after working in the mines. He says most miners who work with the machinery are hard of hearing because it's so loud. The retired miner also discusses the dancing and music they used to entertain themselves within their off time in the mining towns.
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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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Hungaro, Tony
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Date:
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1978-03-08
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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_transHungaro.pdf
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/fp7z8s65x11x
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Language:
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English
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Bear Mine (Gunnison, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Temporal):
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1900/1978
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Hawksnest Mine (Gunnison, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Hotchkiss (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Oliver Mine (Gunnison, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Somerset Mine (Gunnison, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Trinidad (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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