'Gus Portell and Pauley Boyer mine barite tiff by hand at Old Mines near Cadet, Missouri.' In the hills of Missouri, the earth is dug for tiff (baryte), a mineral used in many products and industrial processes, by the poorest of Ozark mountain folk who find dignity in banding together, organizing a union, and going…
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