Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
FOUR KEY figures in a Sept. 24 program recalling details of Gogebic County's 1926 Pabst Mine Cave-in pose in Ironwood Carnegie Library. From left are Larry Peterson of Ironwood; Ivan Hellen of Erwin Township; Reuben Synkelma, whose father Sam was the first of 43 miners to merge from 129 hours of being trapped within the mine; and Bruce Cox of Wakefield. See the hard copy of The Globe for a historic photo, courtesy of Getty Images, of the miners emerging from the cave.
IRONWOOD - Before last Saturday's commemoration of the Pabst Mine cave-in disaster and rescue a century ago, the Ironwood Carnegie Library saw some 70 people fill its new addition on Sept. 24 to hear a roundtable discussion of between-the-lines history from a time when mine owners ruled the range.
Moderated by Miners Memorial Heritage Park historian Ivan Hellen, whose fascination with the cave-in spans 15 years, the discussion featured author Bruce Cox of Wakefield, whose work on a range of topics includes the book "Perfectly Safe: The Pabst Mine Disaster of 1926," and Larry Peterson, whose lo...
