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Longacre Mine, Monday
(Gillespie Oral History, Cavalier):
Back to the Grindstone #4B
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I think you get the point–every day in the deep dark mines. But CC’s story wasn’t the story of every mining camp child. Some, including most girls, stayed in school, and some took other jobs.
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