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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Anthracite Casualties
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:21:02 -0400 (EDT)
Anthracite Casualties The estimates of the number of men and boys dying in the anthracite minefields of Pennsylvania from the mid 1800s through the first few decades of the 20th century seem to vary a great deal. The particular volume illustrated below lists 1622 deaths for the three years 1910-1912. The fields covered a very small area, including Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, my home town. I believe the total deaths during this period reached 50,000. The 11 images are from an illustrated booklet, used to teach miners safety measures, as well as limited English. Most of the miners were from Eastern Europe. The images are from the Report of the Department of Mines in Pennsylvania. http://www.asondheim.org/nine mine jpgs