Mother Jones,
quoting a mine superintendent:
“Dagos are cheaper than props.”
Hellraisers Journal, Friday January 25, 1907
Near Trinidad, Colorado – Explosion at Primero Mine
From the Cherryvale, Kansas, Daily Republican of January 23, 1907
TWENTY MINERS KILLED.
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Explosion in C. F. & I. Mine
at Primero, Colorado.
—–By the Associated Press.
Trinidad. Colo., Jan. 23.-An explosion occurred in the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co., mine at Primero early this morning. Twenty miners, all believed to be foreigners, are reported killed. The explosion was in the main entry and is supposed to have been caused by a windy shot. The roof of the mine later caved in making it impossible for rescuers to enter. Great excitement prevails among women and stricken relatives of the entombed men who are gathered at the mouth of the pit.
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