Hardrock Mining: One Woman's Story cover art

Hardrock Mining: One Woman's Story

Hardrock Mining: One Woman's Story

Listen for free

View show details

About this listen

In the 1980's Janice Sanders was one of the few women who worked underground at the Sunnyside Mine, northeast of Silverton, Colorado. She enjoyed her career as a geologist, and she loved working underground. but she had to endure sexism and hateful treatment by some of her male co-workers.

The episode tells the story of one woman's experience working underground in the sunset years of hardrock mining in Colorado.

Reporting, production, and musical scoring by Adam Burke for Magic City Studios.

© Magic City Studios, llc

No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.