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1919182429Gold Hill NV: Gold Hill Miners' Union 1919. 5.25x5.5 inch card not filled out vignette of miner with pickaxe at top creased small tear on bottom edge. Gold Hill Miners' Union unknown
0266581439.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1527828441.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
191536550Colorado 1915. 5-1/2" x 8-3/4". Printed form on pink paper completed in ink manuscript two holes punched at top. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Ernest George Ahl age 19 born in Sweden and residing at 214 No. 4 St. Victor lists his occupation as trammer and claims eleven months' experience at Stratton's Independence Mine. He recites that he has never been a member of the Western Federation of Miners or a member of any labor organization. He states that he is "in sympathy with the objects and purposes of the Miners' Protective Association. . . and will abide by and observe the Constitution and By-Laws as may be prescribed by its Executive Committee." He signs the document. On the verso are additional notes regarding his application. <br /> The Stratton Independence Mine & Mill was located in the Cripple Creek Mining District in Victor Colorado on the south slope of Battle Mountain. Named after Winfield Scott Stratton who discovered the mine on July 4 1891 it was site of the first major strike in the Cripple Creek/Victor area. The disputes led to the formation of the Western Federation of Miners in 1893. Tensions between management and workers escalated into the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903. The Miners' Protective Association formed in Virginia City in May 1863 opposed pending wage cuts and created a benefit fund for sick and injured miners and their families. By 1912 it had established an office in Cripple Creek which was made up of both employers and employees. Mining American Volume 65 1912 p.197. <br /> Ernest George Ahl was born in Malmere Shana Sweden on June 28 1896 and died in San Diego California on June 21 1923. Not much is known about him; Swedish emigration records show him leaving for New York on June 11 1914. His Declaration of Naturalization occurred March 1917 at San Diego California; he registered for the World War I draft on June 8 1917 and listed his employer at the time as Portland Gold Mining Company; he is listed in the Roster of Men and Women Who Served in The World War From Colorado 1917-1918 Teller County as a private in the Infantry. unknown
1912027323Cripple Creek CO: Miners' Protective Association 1912. Paper Back. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Applications. date-stamped & signed applications. Miners' Protective Association was a Company run origanization which required all applicants to forswear any connection to the Western Federation of Miners & to not organize in the future. This was in response to the Colorado mine strike of 1903-04. Applicants last names only: 1912 - Easton. 1913 - KeeganJr; Bennallack; Gipson; Burtis; Miller; Winston; Collins; Tompkins; Weir; Mason. 1914 - Gilmore; O'Brien; ThomasNicolas; ThomasRoy. 1915 - Chapman. 1916 - Lartaigue; Sauer; Vahldick; Cowperthwaite; Bush; Keller; Burnett; Wheeler; Green; Williams; Mulligan; Miller; Shriversincludes Western Union telegram. $85ea. <br/> <br/> Miners' Protective Association unknown
1890185951890. Albumen photograph 19th century depicting African American men working in a quarry or mining environment with direct relevance to the study of labor organization race relations and industrial development in the post-emancipation United States. The image shows a large group of Black laborers positioned among rock formations several holding tools such as hammers and shovels indicating active participation in extractive work. Interspersed within the scene are white men women and children including a prominently placed well-dressed man at the center suggesting supervisory or ownership roles and reflecting the racial hierarchy characteristic of labor systems in this period. The composition captures both the physical conditions of industrial labor and the social structure of mixed-race work environments that emerged in the decades following the Civil War.<br /> <br /> Albumen photograph measuring approximately 8 x 6 inches mounted on cardstock. The scene includes two small shacks and a buckwagon in the background situating the group within a temporary or semi-permanent industrial site. The arrangement of figures tools and built elements provides visual context for quarry or mining operations and the organization of labor at such sites.<br /> <br /> Mount with soiling and wear including small tears; photograph with minor surface abrasions but image remains clear; overall very good condition. A detailed visual record of African American labor in a nineteenth-century industrial setting documenting both work practices and social dynamics. unknown
1984Q-0835605833Theosophical Pub House 1984-04-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Theosophical Pub House paperback
1994mon00002178221994-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Clean copy sound binding. paperback