Podcast Episode 85 – The Dangers from Accidents in the Gold Mines

This episode is going to be unlike any of our others here on Stories from the Midland. While we have dealt with untimely and violent death before in this podcast, we haven’t done so to this extreme. But what I hope you’ll take with you, dear listener, is that the people in the following vignettes are hard working men who went to their shift every day, knowing the risks they faced. They understood that they were challenging nature, and that significant risks come with doing so to this extreme. But they did so to chase a dream. Or they did so to provide for the future of themselves and their families. They did so because they were stalwart men who would choose the hardest and most dangerous path to reach their goals.

References: 

• Laird, G. M. & Marlow, D. (1894, November 30). An Example to Be Emulated. Weekly Register-Call. 5.

• Author Unknown. (1896, January 11). Mining Disaster at Victor. Georgetown Courier. 3.

• Wheeler, H. C. (1896, January 5). A Terrible Disaster. The Aspen Daily. 1.

• Burnell, J. M. (1897, February 17). Joseph James Killed. The Rocky Mountain News. 7.

• Briggs, F. N. (1898, October 19). Killed by the Cage. The Victor Daily Record. 1.

• Burnell, J. M. (1898, October 19). Miner’s Carelessness Results in Death. The Rocky Mountain News. 6.