Gold Hill Miners' Union records : Gold Hill, Nevada, 1876-1921.

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Gold Hill Miners' Union records : Gold Hill, Nevada, 1876-1921.

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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial reports, ledger and warrant books as an independent union and as Local no. 54, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

1 box, 4 v. (ca. 4.25 linear ft.).

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Gold Hill Miners Union

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The Gold Hill Miners Union, established in 1866, represented silver miners of Gold Hill, Story County, Nevada, where the Comstock Lode was discovered. The Union dissolved in the 1920s. From the description of Gold Hill Miners Union records, 1866-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127357 The Gold Hill Miners Union, representing miners of the town of Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada, was established in December 1866. Prospectors had discovered gold in the are...

International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers. No. 54.

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International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers

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The International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers (IUMMSW) emerged in 1916 from the more radical Western Federation of Miners (WFM) which organized mine and copper industry workers. IUMMSW reasserted its presence in the western mines, most successfully during the five-month strike in Butte and Anaconda (Montana) in 1934. A founding member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the IUMMSW was expelled in 1950 because of the Union's perceived Communist ties. In 1967, the IUMMS...