Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire into an Investigate the Matters of Explosions in the Coal Mines of Iowa, 1902

(1902) Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire into an Investigate the Matters of Explosions in the Coal Mines of Iowa, 1902. Senate and Staff

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Abstract

This booklet is an outgrowth of the interest of a number of Iowa teachers who have had occasion to view and use the film The Last Pony Mine. Because it deals with an often neglected segment of Iowa's economic past, the film has generated considerable interest in the role coal mining has played in the development of this region of the United States. Largely for this reason, what started merely as a short film guide has been expanded into a simplified general reference on coal mining for use in schools. The authors hope that it can serve as a useful source in a study of mining on either an elementary or a secondary level.