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<br /> <br />t <br />2 <br />3 <br />a <br />s <br />s <br />7 <br />8 <br />s <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />is <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />5 <br />A No. I .lust served nine months. <br />0 Ok. When you came back to Durango, what <br />occupation did You take up? <br />A Coal miner's. <br />Q Do you remember where that mine is? <br />A Yeah, it is Peerless Coal Mine. They used to <br />call it Victory Coal Mine. <br />~ Would that be the one you approached halfway <br />up the Hesperus Hill on the right side of Highway 160? <br />A Yes. <br />Q What other mines have you worked in? <br />A Well, several mines here. <br />Q Let us know which ones you remember. <br />A Well. I worked on the Wright's Mine; I worked <br />at Hesperus Coal Company; I worked for King Coal -- used <br />to be or well, used to be King Coal but it was owned by <br />Irving Smith. Then I worked at my own mine. It wasn't <br />mine yet; it belonged Vernon Cason. Then I worked at <br />~ the -- what other mine did I work? I worked at LaPlata <br />Coal, what used to be Peacock Mine, too and after that I <br />worked in '62 on my own mine. <br />~ Q Was that what is know as the Blue Flame Coal <br />Mine? <br />A Yes. <br />Q Worked there since '62? <br />Toni W. Bradbury Reporting Services <br />P.O. Boz 1838 <br />Pagosa Shrinks, CO 81147 <br />(303) 731-5282 <br />