Originally Posted by
robow
axolotl, what was it about miners and pasties ? The story I heard was that all the older Northern European immigrant wives would stick a pasty in their man's lunch box every morning before he headed off to the iron ore mines in northern Minnesota and the UP.
Btw, is the photo above in reference to a video or blog
Not sure if you know that Wallace, ID, was once the seat of silver mining in the area. When you come down Lookout Pass on I-90 from the Montana border there is a pullout where you can stop and see a Superfund remediation site necessitated by mining. When you get on the CdA trail a bit west there are signs warning you not to disturb the soil do you don’t risk contaminating yourself with heavy metals. The trail itself is basically an engineering control to cover the former rail line that became contaminated.
I always assumed the photo I posted was making reference to the town’s history of prostitution that served the miners. Seems I might be incorrect.