Rope Riders Mining Footage

Rope Riders Mining Footage

Document Type

Book

Contributor

Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement

Files

Download Jim Barich biography.pdf (229 KB)

Download Jim Larrigan biography.pdf (97 KB)

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Download John Ferro biography.pdf (108 KB)

Download John Martin biography.pdf (101 KB)

Download This article tells the story of the last surviving Roslyn rope riders (824 KB)

Download This article details rope rider fatalities (133 KB)

Download These clippings include an article on John Popovich, rope rider fatality (1.8 MB)

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.

This video shows footage of the No. 9 Mine at Roslyn, Washington, and rope riders at work.

The cover image shows a rope rider who worked in the Northwestern Improvement Company (NWI) mines in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Publication Date

2014

Subject

Oral history, Coal mining, Northwestern Improvement Company

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

Format

video/mov

Streaming Media

Rope Riders Mining Footage

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