Kenny L. Brown, Professor of History Emeritus, University of Central Oklahoma Rapid growth of the mines led mine officials to recruit workers from Italy and Eastern Europe.
Rufino Rodrigues Saves Miners, 1912 When a fire broke out at the Number Five Shaft in Lehigh, Mexican-American miner Rufino Rodrigues risked his own life to warn fellow workers of the danger. He is credited with saving at least 150 men that day.