The Misery of Mining in the Old West True West Magazine
Aug 07, 2009· Death, disability and TB to boot. For many miners, the report of 34yearold Dr. Anthony J. Lanza came a "day late and a dollar short." Near the beginning of the last century, this controversial physician tried to unravel the mystery of why tuberculosis (TB) was killing Butte, Montana, underground miners at a rate 10 times the national average.