Mines and Miners: Primar y Source Set

Map of Coal Mines in Las List of all coal mines in Las Electrical workers at the Workers at Segundo Mine, Miners Eloy Cruz and Leandro Animas County Animas County Primero Mine, undated 1927 Vigil near Frederick Mine, 1920?

Workers standing outside in Coal miners Eloy Cruz (left) front of the ovens at the and his brother-in-law Segundo Mine Leandro Vigil pose near the entrance to the Frederick Mine in Valdez (Las Animas County)

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From Southern Coal From Southern Colorado Coal Steelworks Center of the From I ndustrial Bulletin, From Auraria Library Digital Miners Museum Miners Museum West, Pueblo, April, 1927, pg. 24 (wrongly Collection cfi_min_pri_0001 labeled as Starkville Coke Ovens). Steelworks Center of the West, Pueblo, cfi_min_seg_0015 Resource link Resource link Resource link Resource link Resource link

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Parade float with coke oven, Map of Forbes Mine, Las Mine Rescue Team, around Cokedale Mine Marshals Workers at the Allen Mine, 1915 Animas County, 1895 1900 Crecencio Vigil and Melitón undated Vigil, 1913?

A parade float in Trinidad Forbes Mine map, also Some of the men hold face Crecencio Vigil and Melitón that is a replica of a coke showing surface structures, masks connected by a tube Barela, marshals at the oven in Segundo. A young August 01, 1895 to a respirator machine boy in overalls stands on the strapped to their chests Cokedale Mines in Cokedale float, which is pulled by a (Las Animas County). horse. August 14, 1915

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Steelworks Center of the Steelworks Center of the From History Colorado ‘s From Auraria Library Digital From Southern Colorado Coal West, Pueblo, cfi_inr_0029 West, Pueblo, online collection Collection Miners Museum cfi_mad_min_for_0001 Resource link Resource link Resource link Resource link Resource link

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Primero First Aid Team, 1920 Men at Valdez Mine, 1942 Mine explosion, 1991

The Primero First Aid Team Explosion in coal mine in participating in a 1920 Field near Weston, injuring 11 Day First Aid contest in named miners Trinidad

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Steelworks Center of the From Southern Colorado Coal From D enver Post, F eb. 28, West, Pueblo, Miners Museum 1991 (Trinidad Library History cfi_min_pri_0055 Room)

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Note: See also PSS called “Mining Camps” and “Sopris” and PSS “ from 2018 Interviews.”

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