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Former rope riders at Roslyn Museum, Washington

Suncadia Legacy, Central Washington University Archives and Special Collections
2005
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Rope riders worked in the coal mines at Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald, Washington. They did the most dangerous work in the mines, balancing precariously on the hitches between coal cars as they wound through darkened tunnels. When the cars were full, the rope rider would signal that it was time to return to the surface. All the while he would balance himself between the two cars, each carrying a ton and a half of coal when full.Pictured from left to right are former rope riders at the Roslyn Museum: John Martin, Joe Melos, Jim Larrigan, Jim Barich, and John Ferro.

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