Colorado Mining Stories (Paperback, illustrated edition)


Colorado Mining Stories is a collection of tales depicting the hazards, heroics and humor of hardrock mining in Colorado. While collecting the stories for her book, Caroline Arlen would hear the same type of contradictions. Most men and the few women who worked the mines would talk about how they loved mining and in their next breath would tell about horrific accidents that happened daily. These miners put their lives on the line, hoping they would not be the next one to die or be maimed in a cave-in, premature explosion or by a falling slab. But mining was a way of life that paid well and created a close community where folks found it necessary and important to look after each other.

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Colorado Mining Stories is a collection of tales depicting the hazards, heroics and humor of hardrock mining in Colorado. While collecting the stories for her book, Caroline Arlen would hear the same type of contradictions. Most men and the few women who worked the mines would talk about how they loved mining and in their next breath would tell about horrific accidents that happened daily. These miners put their lives on the line, hoping they would not be the next one to die or be maimed in a cave-in, premature explosion or by a falling slab. But mining was a way of life that paid well and created a close community where folks found it necessary and important to look after each other.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Western Reflections Publishing Company

Country of origin

United States

Release date

April 2002

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

April 2002

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

180

Edition

illustrated edition

ISBN-13

978-1-890437-74-9

Barcode

9781890437749

Categories

LSN

1-890437-74-3



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