Crosses of Iron

The Tragic Story of Dawson, New Mexico, and Its Twin Mining Disasters

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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In October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the lives of another 120 miners. Today, Dawson is a deserted ghost town. All that remains is a sea of white iron crosses memorializing the nearly four hundred miners killed in the two explosions--a death toll unmatched by mine disasters in any other town in America.Now, to mark the centennial of the second disaster, veteran journalist Nick Pappas tells the tragic story of what was once New Mexico's largest and most modern company town and of how the strong, determined residents of the community coped with two heartbreaking catastrophes.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagUniversity of New Mexico Press
MedarbetareMelzer,Richard
ISBN9780826365286

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ForewordRichard MelzerPrefaceChapter 1. EntombedChapter 2. The Birth of DawsonChapter 3. The Early YearsChapter 4. A Model CommunityChapter 5. The ImmigrantsChapter 6. Danger in the MinesChapter 7. October 22, 1913Chapter 8. The BurialsChapter 9. The SorrowChapter 10. The CauseChapter 11. The InquestChapter 12. Back to NormalChapter 13. Oh, No, Not Again!Chapter 14. What Happened This Time?Chapter 15. Writing on the WallChapter 16. Closing TimeChapter 17. Dawson CemeteryChapter 18. Down Memory LaneEpilogueAcknowledgmentsKilled in the Explosion of October 22, 1913Killed in the Explosion of February 8, 1923NotesBibliographyIndex