Coal Camp Days
Title | Coal Camp Days PDF eBook |
Author | Ricardo L. Garcia |
Publisher | UNM Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2001-08-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0826351786 |
The coalfields of northern New Mexico are the setting for the remembrances of six-year-old Matias Montaño, a fictionalized version of the author's life in the last years of World War II. García writes about ordinary coal-mining people as they struggle to make a living and raise families, and about their heroism, joy for living, and their belief in the value of education, hard work, and the American Dream. For Matias, his brothers, friends, and the adults in their lives, the poor living conditions did not interfere with their adventures and activities, which included collecting scrap iron, picking chokecherries, tracking deer, hunting rattlesnakes, and riding hand cars down the railroad tracks. This book presents a fresh and richly textured view of life in a mining town from the Hispanic viewpoint but includes folklore and stories told by the town's many other ethnic groups, among them Italian, Slavic, and Greek immigrants and African Americans, all working together in support of the war effort and in search of better lives.
Coal Camp Girl
Title | Coal Camp Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Lenski |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2015-10-13 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1504022033 |
A young girl grows up in the sooty shadow of the coal mines of West Virginia When the whistle blows, Christina knows her father is coming home. Every day he emerges from the pit with his skin caked in coal dust. He’s 50 now and he’s been working in the mines since he was 12 years old. It’s dangerous, backbreaking labor, but he does it because he loves his family. As far as Christina is concerned, there is no job in the world more honorable than digging coal. Danger is always close at hand in the mines. There are cave-ins, explosions, and diseases. But no matter what happens, Christina and her family always stick together. This meticulously researched look at life in a coal camp shows that no matter how dark the pit, love will always shine through.
Cookin' in a Coal Camp
Title | Cookin' in a Coal Camp PDF eBook |
Author | Glenna R. Pack |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Cooking |
ISBN | 9780615117195 |
Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry
Title | Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Joint committee to investigate Interior dept. and Forestry service. [from old catalog] |
Publisher | |
Pages | 760 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Sugarite Coal Camp
Title | Sugarite Coal Camp PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Veltri and Patricia H. Walsh |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467126950 |
Tucked into a remote canyon in northeastern New Mexico, Sugarite Coal Camp created a true melting pot for mostly immigrant miners slinging picks and shovels. The coal they labored to produce heated homes across several states for decades. In a bountiful place long used by native peoples and then by cattle ranchers, coal mining debuted in Sugarite (Sugar-eet') Canyon in the early 1900s. The St. Louis, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific Company quickly ramped up full-scale mining operations, building an orderly town of sturdy block houses perched upon canyon slopes. A store, school, post office, and clubhouse served camp residents, many hailing from Eastern Europe, Italy, Greece, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Mexico, and even Japan. With the rumble of coal cars as background music, poor mining families lived a rich life making wine, dancing, and playing sports. Today, visitors to Sugarite Canyon State Park tour ghostly remains of the camp, one of the few accessible to the public.
Coal-mine Fatalities in the United States, 1870-1914
Title | Coal-mine Fatalities in the United States, 1870-1914 PDF eBook |
Author | George Arthur Burrell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1070 |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Bituminous coal |
ISBN |
Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry
Title | Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of Forestry PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1662 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Natural resources |
ISBN |