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Colorado Coal Project
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Colorado Coal Project
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Colorado Coal Project
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Title:
Party at the Portal, Paonia, Colorado
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Party at the Portal, Paonia, Colorado
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Creator:
Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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Margolis, Eric, 1947-
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Creator:
McMahan, Ronald L.
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McMahan, Ronald L.
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Subject:
Coal miners--Personal narratives
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Coal miners--Personal narratives
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Subject:
Coal mines and mining
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Coal mines and mining
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Coal mines and mining--Colorado
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Coal mines and mining--Colorado
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Labor disputes--Colorado
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Labor disputes--Colorado
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Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
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Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining--Colorado
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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128770
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Subject:
Westmoreland Coal Company
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Westmoreland Coal Company
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Interviews
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Description:
Tim and Mary Walsh talk to the interviewers about how they came to be miners and ended up working at the non-union Westmoreland Mine together. They had problems with management when they began organizing employees around the lack of safety measures. They explain the procedure of "pulling pillars" after a section has been mined. It is dangerous and requires the utmost in safety precautions, such as timbering the ceiling, which was not always done. Mary describes a cave-in accident she had as a consequence. The company had been having lease issues and started mining into a coal burn area, which also leads to cave-ins. Fifty percent of the employees would have to join the union for negotiations to be possible.
description
Tim and Mary Walsh talk to the interviewers about how they came to be miners and ended up working at the non-union Westmoreland Mine together. They had problems with management when they began organizing employees around the lack of safety measures. They explain the procedure of "pulling pillars" after a section has been mined. It is dangerous and requires the utmost in safety precautions, such as timbering the ceiling, which was not always done. Mary describes a cave-in accident she had as a consequence. The company had been having lease issues and started mining into a coal burn area, which also leads to cave-ins. Fifty percent of the employees would have to join the union for negotiations to be possible.
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summary
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Publisher:
University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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University of Colorado Boulder Archives
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Contributor:
Walsh, Tim
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Contributor:
Walsh, Mary
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Walsh, Mary
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Date:
1978-03-09
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1978-03-09
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Text
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application/pdf
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narv_coloradoCoal_transParty.pdf
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English
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Relation:
Title: Portal party after the union meeting
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Coverage (Spatial):
Paonia (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Paonia (Delta, Colorado, United States, North America) (populated place)
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Coverage (Temporal):
3/9/1978
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3/9/1978
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