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The Human Cost of an Emerging Industrial Economy: Coal Mining Disasters in the West-U.S.

First Edition ©2018 Thomas Andrews

This document collection concerns three mine explosions that ripped through the southern Colorado cornfields in the early twentieth century. Through these documents, students will understand how Americans grappled with the deadly consequences of an emerging industrial economy fuelded by vast quantit...
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Cover: The Human Cost of an Emerging Industrial Economy: Coal Mining Disasters in the West-U.S., 1st Edition by Thomas Andrews

This document collection concerns three mine explosions that ripped through the southern Colorado cornfields in the early twentieth century. Through these documents, students will understand how Americans grappled with the deadly consequences of an emerging industrial economy fuelded by vast quantities of coal. Students are guided through their analysis of the primary sources with an author-provided learning objective, central question, and historical context.

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Table of Contents

Central Question
Learning Objective
Introduction
Historical Background 
Primary Sources    
“Bodies Indicate Instant Death of All 55 Miners,” Trinidad Advertiser, October 12, 1910       
Frances Flora Bond Palmer, Across the Continent: “Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way,” 1868         
Views of the Coal-Powered West: Photos of Pueblo and Denver   
Two Photographs of Primero, Colorado     
Indemnity Ledger for Victims of the Delagua Explosion, Victor-American Fuel Company, 1910        
Newspaper Editors Weigh In on Preventing Future Disasters: The Denver Republican and the Fort Collins Courier        
Letter from Robert Uhlich, Local Union Leader, to the Deputy Labor Commissioner of Colorado, July 17, 1910       
Project Questions
Additional Assignments
Additional Resources for Research        
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