Life of a Miner
September 9, 2007
Here are two interesting videos that take a look at miners’ lives in US and Mexico.
The first story centers around American bootleg (independent) miners and their struggle to protect their livelihood and way of life. In the second clip, laid-off miners in Mexico’s Real del Monte talk about the history of mining in their town and the hardship of living on their $7 to $27 per month retirement fund ($1 =11.14 Mexican pesos).
WoodShop Films: Hard Coal: Last of the Bootleg Miners
Alive in Mexico: The Struggles of Mexico’s Real del Monte Miners
(Thanks to SplashCast for the links to these websites)
Update
Here are some links to photo essays about Ohio coal miners, and gold and diamond mining in the Congo, Angola and Sierra Leone:
Rape of a Nation by Marcus Bleasdale
A Trail of Diamonds by Kadir van Lohuizen
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