Comments on: Why one miner drew attention that 71 didn’t http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/14/why-one-miner-drew-attention-that-71-didnt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-one-miner-drew-attention-that-71-didnt Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Wed, 22 May 2013 03:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lew Powell http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/14/why-one-miner-drew-attention-that-71-didnt/comment-page-1/#comment-15511 Lew Powell Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=4478#comment-15511 “Ace in the Hole” (1951) is a first-rate knockoff of the Floyd Collins story, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical newspaperman desperate to resurrect his career. Formerly known as “The Big Carnival,” which certainly describes the circumstances.

]]> By: Mark Chilton http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2009/11/14/why-one-miner-drew-attention-that-71-didnt/comment-page-1/#comment-15480 Mark Chilton Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:53:09 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=4478#comment-15480 The Coal Glen Mine was in Farmville in Chatham County, NC:

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