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Labor Day longread

Labor Day longread

The Silverton Strike of 1939

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Sep 06, 2021
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The following is excerpted and adapted from River of Lost Souls: The Science, Politics, and Greed Behind the Gold King Mine Disaster, by Jonathan P. Thompson, Torrey House 2018.

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I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you and me, Says I, But Joe you’re ten years dead, I never died, said he, I never died, said he. The copper bosses killed you Joe…

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