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Editorial
December 29, 1901
Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Editorial highlights the extreme dangers faced by miners in the Smuggler-Union mine at Telluride, emphasizing that miners risk more than labor and deserve fair compensation, citing frequent accidents overlooked by the public. From Denver News.
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Miner's Hazardous Work
DOUGLAS TO DEMING
Surely the Laborer Underground
is Worthy of His Hire
An accident, such as has occurred in the Smuggler-Union mine at Telluride brings to attention, with the vividness of a flash of lightning, the dangers of the miner's avocation. The miner sells more than his labor, more than the physical strength which he must have to be a miner, more than the skill without which he cannot hope to command full miner's wages. He burrows far into the rock. He uses powerful machinery and dangerous explosives, the surroundings of his calling are trying, and the exertions which it demands are arduous, and death walks by his side from the moment he enters tunnel or shaft until he emerges again to the surface. A properly equipped with life-protecting appliances and ventilating apparatus, the best that human skill can devise, may be made the tomb of its miners by some sudden catastrophe: and this applies to precious metal and coal miners alike. A great accident shocks the public mind, but the annual roll of the dead or maimed is swollen by the almost daily lesser accidents which occupy only half a dozen or a dozen lines in the newspapers and are passed over with a casual glance. Surely the laborer under the earth worthy of his hire.—Denver News.
DOUGLAS TO DEMING
Surely the Laborer Underground
is Worthy of His Hire
An accident, such as has occurred in the Smuggler-Union mine at Telluride brings to attention, with the vividness of a flash of lightning, the dangers of the miner's avocation. The miner sells more than his labor, more than the physical strength which he must have to be a miner, more than the skill without which he cannot hope to command full miner's wages. He burrows far into the rock. He uses powerful machinery and dangerous explosives, the surroundings of his calling are trying, and the exertions which it demands are arduous, and death walks by his side from the moment he enters tunnel or shaft until he emerges again to the surface. A properly equipped with life-protecting appliances and ventilating apparatus, the best that human skill can devise, may be made the tomb of its miners by some sudden catastrophe: and this applies to precious metal and coal miners alike. A great accident shocks the public mind, but the annual roll of the dead or maimed is swollen by the almost daily lesser accidents which occupy only half a dozen or a dozen lines in the newspapers and are passed over with a casual glance. Surely the laborer under the earth worthy of his hire.—Denver News.
What sub-type of article is it?
Labor
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Mining Dangers
Miner Labor
Work Accidents
Miners Wages
Telluride Mine
What entities or persons were involved?
Smuggler Union Mine
Telluride
Denver News
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Dangers Of Mining Work And Miners' Compensation
Stance / Tone
Advocacy For Miners' Worth And Recognition Of Hazards
Key Figures
Smuggler Union Mine
Telluride
Denver News
Key Arguments
Miners Face Extreme Dangers Beyond Labor And Skill
Daily Use Of Machinery And Explosives Risks Death
Even Well Equipped Mines Can Become Tombs In Catastrophes
Public Focuses On Major Accidents But Ignores Frequent Minor Ones
Miners Underground Deserve Their Hire