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Collection Name:
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
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The Portal (Somerset, Colo.) Part 2
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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--Children--Colorado
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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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Labor disputes--Colorado
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Subject:
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Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
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Subject URI:
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128770
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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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Video footage of conversations that took place between the interviewers and coal mining town residents in a parking lot outside a restaurant called The Portal. The first footage shows a reporter interviewing a coal miner about his feelings about the strike which was taking place when the filming took place. The footage moves to a group of men standing in the parking lot and bantering back and forth about the history of mining. An unidentified older mine worker tells about what it was like to buy supplies at the company store in town, then called the "Wash-ette," and how they had used scrip at one time. The miner discusses the mines which were all active at different periods in time throughout the history of the area, mentioning Clear Creek and Delcarbon and others. He describes where, on a nearby hill, there were once tents where people used to live, a shower building, a water tower, and a company store. He explains his wife was born in one of the tents that once sat on the hill. The man also says that his father lost his arm in a mining accident in the mine where they stood. He states that before the 1940s, they used mules to carry the coal out of the mines. The scene changes to inside the bar, where a news program is discussing the coal mining strike and its national effects on the automobile industry and American households. A spokesperson for the United Mine Workers, Douglas Fraser, appears on the screen and comments on the strike and the mine working conditions. Men in the bar shout insults at the comments made by the reporters on the television and other government representatives who think the strike is unreasonable.
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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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Morgan, Bill
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Date:
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1978-03-07
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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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136-Portal.mov
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Identifier ARK:
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https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/265b7374b5m8
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Language:
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English
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Somerset (Gunnison, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Spatial):
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Paonia (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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