Labor Day, rock drilling contest
dc.date | 1935? | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T05:56:10Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-03T09:25:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T05:56:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-03T09:25:30Z | |
dc.identifier | libimagesNMHFM434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11124/10173 | |
dc.description | Joyce striking Irwin down. | |
dc.description | Date scanned: 2001-08-22. | |
dc.description | Identifier: NMHFM-434. | |
dc.description | Mounted on paper; text on front. | |
dc.description | Related photographs: NMHFM-435, NMHFM-436. | |
dc.description | Held in the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum. | |
dc.description.abstract | The image shows two competitors in a Labor Day mining contest. Rock drilling competitions, where miners displayed their skills in hand-drilling holes in large blocks of rock, were a form of entertainment and rivalry in the mining towns. This image may be in Leadville, Colorado. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored by the Colorado State Library, the regional library systems of Colorado, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. | |
dc.publisher | Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library | |
dc.rights | Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html | |
dc.subject | Miners | |
dc.subject | People | |
dc.subject | Scenes, holiday | |
dc.title | Labor Day, rock drilling contest | |
dc.type | StillImage | |
dc.contributor.institution | Colorado Digitization Project | |
dc.contributor.institution | National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum |