Ronald’s job was dangerous; he still gets black-lung benefit payments because of his exposure to coal dust. He says he never expected to live to 97 years old. Ronald: I never thought I’… ...

Les Oystryk & Keith Haddock, HCEA. Marion Steam Shovel introduced the 4160 4-yard mine and quarry loading shovel in 1927. It was the first crawler mounted, fully revolving shovel designed specifically ...

Images of the Past. Homestake Mine - Mining Gold in the 1930s. Season 2 Episode 3 | 7m 10s. How miners drilled, blasted, and removed ore from what was once the deepest mine on earth.

Coal Miner sculpture in Cardiff Bay. Steve F/Wikimedia, CC BY. Over the past three years, I have examined a series of texts published in the 1930s, a decade that saw an increased demand – beyond ...

THE American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers is one of the most important learned societies in the United States, and its Transactions have for many years taken very high rank ...

Check out Suzanne Perrault's appraisal of the UND School of Mines collection, ca. 1930, from Vintage Bismarck. Aired: 07/22/19 Rating: TV-G ...

They say there wasn’t a lot of opportunity for romance in those old mining camps. Pansy: We didn’t have time for romantic evenings. We had cows to milk, things to do. There weren’t many ...

In 1935, a young Columbia University student, Arthur Rothstein, became the first of 11 photographers chosen by the Farm Security Administration to document the plight of rural America during the ...

Over the past three years, I have examined a series of texts published in the 1930s, a decade that saw an increased demand – beyond Wales – for literature about the harsh realities of life in mining ...

I come from a family of miners. The last person to work down the pit was my paternal grandfather, who dug ...