COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
Interview with Pete Pentazes
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Subject:
Coal miners--Children--Colorado
Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal mines and mining--Colorado--Las Animas County
Subject:
Interviews
Description:
The interviewee (probably Pete Pentazes, owner of the abandoned coal mine, Prosperity Mine No. 2) relates wandering the area as a child and finding slugs fired by the militia. He mentions the Rapson mine, owned by Sam Taylor, McVale's mine, Spencer's mine, and Prosperity Mine No. 1. He would rather work in the mines than in many construction jobs. His father started Prosperity Mine No. 2 about 1956. They operated as a family mine without major injuries and they used the coal for heat and sold some by the truckload. The mine was eventually closed because it could not meet governmental regulations.
Description Type:
summary
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Pantazes, Stamatis Anastasios (Pete), 1894-1984
Date:
1978-08-20
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Identifier:
narv_coloradoCoal_transPantazes.pdf
Identifier ARK:
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: Pete Pantazes and Josephine Bazanele
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Relation href:
Coverage (Spatial):
Prosperity Mine Number 2 (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (mine)
Coverage (Temporal):
1950/1978
Coverage (Spatial):
Las Animas County (Colorado, United States, North America) (civil)
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