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Lost miners of Dawson remembered

This month marks the 100-year anniversary of the mine disaster that claimed the lives of 120 New Mexico miners.

3 min readFeb 11, 2023

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Lost miners of Dawson remembered

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Nick Pappas

New Mexico House fails to act on bid to preserve Dawson birthplace of Dolores Huerta

By Nick Pappas

3 min readFeb 25, 2022

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New Mexico House fails to act on bid to preserve Dawson birthplace of Dolores Huerta

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Nick Pappas

Lawmaker wants to preserve New Mexico birthplace of Dolores Huerta

By Nick Pappas

2 min readJan 26, 2022

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Lawmaker wants to preserve New Mexico birthplace of Dolores Huerta

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Nick Pappas

New Mexico rescue mission went south fast for two Dawson miners

Thomas Brown and David Murphy were injured — one fatally — after responding to the Government Mine fire in Carthage, New Mexico, in 1918.

5 min readJun 1, 2021

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New Mexico rescue mission went south fast for two Dawson miners

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The day ‘Polly’ made her final run on that old New Mexico rail line

A group of first-graders, a veteran engineer, and a retired newspaper editor all shared a piece of history on Halloween 1962.

4 min readMay 3, 2021

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The day ‘Polly’ made her final run on that old New Mexico rail line

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For some, Dawson a ghost town in more ways than one

Do the ghosts of miners killed in two explosions at an old New Mexico mining town roam historic Dawson Cemetery?

3 min readApr 5, 2021

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For some, Dawson a ghost town in more ways than one

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Nick Pappas

New Mexico forever linked to landmark discovery in mine safety

Controlled blast at Pennsylvania testing site in 1911 proved that coal mines could explode without the presence of dangerous gases.

4 min readMar 1, 2021

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New Mexico forever linked to landmark discovery in mine safety

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The story behind New Mexico’s deadly train derailment of 1922

Dawson Railway engineer’s call for help ended up costing him his life

4 min readJan 31, 2021

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The story behind New Mexico’s deadly train derailment of 1922

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How a simple trespassing arrest reached the New Mexico Supreme Court — twice

All Celestino Vincioni wanted to do was sell grapes to Dawson coal miners during Prohibition

4 min readDec 21, 2020

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How a simple trespassing arrest reached the New Mexico Supreme Court — twice

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Dawson’s 1920 mine disaster the most preventable of all — Nick Pappas

The New Mexico company’s shot firers did everything by the book that night until …

5 min readNov 18, 2020

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Dawson’s 1920 mine disaster the most preventable of all — Nick Pappas

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Nick Pappas

Nick Pappas

Lifetime journalist. Former city editor at ABQ Journal. New England native. Writing book about two historic mine disasters in Dawson, N.M. nickpappasbooks.com

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