True-Grit Stories from Underground

Dark, challenging and thrilling, the underground world of mining is the stuff of legends. What was it really like to work in the mines – or grow up in a rough-and-tumble mining town? That’s what the Miners’ Story Project aims to find out. The UA’s Flandrau Science Center and Mineral Museum are sending a fully equipped mobile recording studio – a shiny copper "Story Trailer" – into mining towns to record true-life stories of miners, their families and friends. With support from the Phelps-Dodge Foundation, this project will preserve the oral history of Southwest mining communities and enliven new exhibits at the museum. Listen up at www.minersstory.org.