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Western Coal Miners Show Fast Output and New Unions
In Sarpy Creek Montana the Absaroka mine moves 4 4.5 million tons yearly with 150 workers many Crow Indians. The operation uses a 7.2 million pound dragline and high speed loaders to ship coal to Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. Union ties are changing as Western miners join the operating engineers union.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Detroit
Chicago
UMW
West
International Union of Operating Engineers
Electrical Workers
Progressive Miners Union
Molly Maguires
John L. Lewis
Absaroka
Cowboys
Custer
Aere
Sarpy Creek
United Mine Workers
Operativg Engineers Union
J.C. Turner
Gordon Schenmann
Highway Department
Absaloka Mine
Moore
Westmoreland
Union