In Colorado's history of hardrock mining, there are almost no women who worked underground. But in the 1970s and 1980s, legal action and new labor laws pushed mining companies to begin hiring a few women.

Janice Sanders was one of them. She worked as a geologist at the Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, Colorado.

Sanders loved geology, she loved working underground, but the sexism and discrimination she faced made her feel like an outsider.

This is the story of one woman's experience working underground, in the sunset years of hardrock mining in Colorado.

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© Magic City Studios

Reporting, production, hosting and orginal musical score by Adam Burke

Additional music:

Open Minds, John Glössner

Against The Red Sky, Walt Adams

Boss Walk, Soul City

Between Dust And Dirt, Brendan Burns

Bongo's Bowl, Llamo