Title

Former rope riders at Roslyn Museum, Washington

Creator

Document Type

Image

Preview

Identifier

2013-01-sunca-0191.jpg

Creation Date

2005

Subject

Coal mining, Roslyn (Wash.), Ronald (Wash.), Northwestern Improvement Company

Description

Rope riders worked in the coal mines at Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald, Washington. They did the most dangerous work in the mines, balancing precariously on the hitches between coal cars as they wound through darkened tunnels. When the cars were full, the rope rider would signal that it was time to return to the surface. All the while he would balance himself between the two cars, each carrying a ton and a half of coal when full.

Pictured from left to right are former rope riders at the Roslyn Museum: John Martin, Joe Melos, Jim Larrigan, Jim Barich, and John Ferro.

Recommended Citation

"Former rope riders at Roslyn Museum, Washington" (2005). Suncadia Photographs. 196.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/suncadia_photographs/196

Rights

Educational use only; no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.

Language

English

Source

Suncadia Legacy, Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections

Format

image/jpg