The Oklahoma Miner (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
159 issues from 1912 to 1922, published in Krebs, Oklahoma, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Oklahoma Miner was established on February 28, 1912, in Krebs, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The Democratic weekly was published by Ed Boyle and managed by Bert Marcum. The paper consisted of five columns and eight pages of local and national news. On September 18, 1913, Marcum took over the publication. Four years later, J.J. Heathcock took over proprietorship. The Miner was the only newspaper at the time serving the almost 3,000 residents of the mining town.
Krebs began as a small coal-mining camp inhabited by English, Irish, and Italian miners. The commercial exploitation of coal in Indian Territory began in 1872 with the completion of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway or MK&T. A few years later, the Osage Coal and Mining Company leased the property on which the town of Krebs emerged. The first mine opened in 1875, and 20 years later, 15 mines were operating in the area.
The Osage Coal and Mining Company built and owned all of the buildings in Krebs, paying miners in scrip. Mine operators subtracted rent and expenses from the miners; wages, forcing all transactions to go through the company store. It would take years for miners to save money to pay off their company debts or build their own homes. Outside businessmen eventually opened shop in Krebs.
The Osage Coal and Mining Company is most remembered for the Krebs Number Eleven mine explosion in 1892. Approximately 100 miners were killed and another 200 injured. Between 1885 and 1934, at least 144 mining…
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- News
- Published in
- Krebs, Oklahoma, United States
- Language
- English
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- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
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- Library of Congress