Brewner, coal miner, discusses his mining experiences in Du Quoin, Illinois: work as a trapper, mule driver, and dragline ground man; machinery; the company store; conflicts between unions; and the march on Mulkeytown. He also discusses bootlegging and ethnicity in DuQuoin. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1977. 1 tape, 90 mins.
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