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Interview with John Valdez in Walsenburg, Colorado
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Coal mines and mining
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Labor disputes--Colorado
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Interview with ex-miner John Valdez in Walsenburg, CO. Valdez looks at various articles and explains them to the interviewers, as well as photos and awards given to the mine for safety, etc. Valdez tells about how the coal was once mined by individuals who were paid by the ton. He also describes incidents that endangered his life when he worked in the mines and a particular incident that injured his back, requiring him to have extensive rehabilitation. John Valdez also tells the interviewers all of the mines he has worked for in his lifetime, scattered around Colorado and Wyoming, and how he followed a supervisor from one site to the next for the work, taking his family with him as he moved. When asked about how his family felt about the migrant nature of the work, he says that his son was very upset when they left Rock Springs, Wyoming, because he was about to graduate from high school. Valdez also discusses the labor movement and the effect that the strikes had on his daily life.
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Interview with ex-miner John Valdez in Walsenburg, CO. Valdez looks at various articles and explains them to the interviewers, as well as photos and awards given to the mine for safety, etc. Valdez tells about how the coal was once mined by individuals who were paid by the ton. He also describes incidents that endangered his life when he worked in the mines and a particular incident that injured his back, requiring him to have extensive rehabilitation. John Valdez also tells the interviewers all of the mines he has worked for in his lifetime, scattered around Colorado and Wyoming, and how he followed a supervisor from one site to the next for the work, taking his family with him as he moved. When asked about how his family felt about the migrant nature of the work, he says that his son was very upset when they left Rock Springs, Wyoming, because he was about to graduate from high school. Valdez also discusses the labor movement and the effect that the strikes had on his daily life.
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00:00:30 -- Interview begins, reviewing photos and a list of safety awards; 00:10:00 -- locations of his children and extended family; 00:20:00 -- explains the difficulty of mining "low coal;" 00:30:00 -- his work as a supervisor, with frequent changes of mines; 00:40:00 -- signing release form for his interview; 00:42:40 -- audio ends, switch to exterior footage of houses and street scenes (in Walsenburg?); 00:50:00 -- (no audio) photos of Sheriff Farr, Shorty Martinez; 01:00:00 -- concludes with a group photo, Socialist Party rally in Walsenburg, including Eugene V. Debs, returns to photo of Sheriff Farr.
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00:00:30 -- Interview begins, reviewing photos and a list of safety awards; 00:10:00 -- locations of his children and extended family; 00:20:00 -- explains the difficulty of mining "low coal;" 00:30:00 -- his work as a supervisor, with frequent changes of mines; 00:40:00 -- signing release form for his interview; 00:42:40 -- audio ends, switch to exterior footage of houses and street scenes (in Walsenburg?); 00:50:00 -- (no audio) photos of Sheriff Farr, Shorty Martinez; 01:00:00 -- concludes with a group photo, Socialist Party rally in Walsenburg, including Eugene V. Debs, returns to photo of Sheriff Farr.
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
Valdez, John 1915-2007
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Date:
1978-02-09
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Rock Springs (Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, North America) (populated place)
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1978
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La Veta (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Walsenburg (Huerfano, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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