COLLECTION NAME:
Colorado Coal Project
Record
Collection Name:
Colorado Coal Project
Title:
Interview about Dawson, New Mexico
Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
Subject:
Coal mines and mining
Subject:
Coal mines and mining--New Mexico--Colfax County
Subject:
Coal mines and mining--New Mexico--Dawson
Subject:
Interviews
Description:
At its peak, Dawson, New Mexico included numerous railroad facilities, ethnic neighborhoods, boarding houses, machine shops, mule barn, tipple, a 4-story company store, roundhouse, both a grade and high school, a bank, jail, dispensary, hospital, morgue, saloon, and a gym. Mine explosions occurred in 1913 and 1923. This miner played pool for spending money, turned his mining paycheck over to his mother. Union organizing began about 1934 with the U.M.W.A recognized in 1940. The town had sports teams and children played games of penny-toss and marbles. Ethnic groups defended each other in bar-fights with outsiders, though Blacks lived in a separate settlement, miles away. Still seen are remnants of coke ovens, which produced coke for the Phelps-Dodge copper smelter in Arizona. In 1950, coal production ended and the company "didn't want the union."
Description Type:
summary
Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
Contributor:
Tovar, Gerardo 1909-1987
Date:
1978-06-26
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Identifier:
narv_coloradoCoal_transTovar.pdf
Language:
English
Relation:
Title: Interview about Dawson, New Mexico
Relation Type:
isFormatOf
Coverage (Spatial):
Ludlow (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Temporal):
1903/1950
Coverage (Spatial):
Delagua (historical) (Las Animas, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial):
Dawson (historical) (Colfax, New Mexico, United States, North America) (populated place)
Coverage (Spatial):
Colfax County (New Mexico, United States, North America) (civil)
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