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Originally published in the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, January 28, 1988
By Joe Delmore
Carl Steiert, curator of the Black Diamond Museum, and Diane Olson look at the masks and helmets worn by early coal miners. Olson, with Steiert’s help, is writing an oral history of Black Diamond. (Photo by Joe Delmore)
Diane Olson, who is writing a history of Black Diamond, meets with Carl Steiert frequently in the Black Diamond Museum to talk about the glory days of coal mining and a book that Olson is writing.
Olson’s book will be the official Black Diamond Historical Society’s project for the State of Washington’s 1989 Centennial. Olson is writing the book on a volunteer basis and hopes to have it completed later this year.
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