In the 1980's Janice Sanders was one of the few women who worked underground at the Sunnyside Mine, northeast of Silverton, Colorado. She enjoyed her career as a geologist, and she loved working underground. but she had to endure sexism and hateful treatment by some of her male co-workers.
The episode tells the story of one woman's experience working underground in the sunset years of hardrock mining in Colorado.
Reporting, production, and musical scoring by Adam Burke for Magic City Studios.
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