Victor-American acquired mining sites throughout Colorado, establishing towns to support operations.
[5][3][6][7][8] Some of these mines were home to significant Asian-American populations, which occasionally were utilized as strikebreakers against collectivizing White miners, especially at Chandler.
[10] At the Bowen Mine near Trinidad, Colorado, an explosion of dust ignited by giant powder on 7 August 1902 killed 13 people.
A group of recovery parties were gathered from the nearby mining communities at Hastings, Berwind, and others.
[15] On 27 January 1942, 34 miners were killed at the Victor-American Wadge Mine on Mount Harris in Routt County.