Here's a site about Coal Mining in Lethbridge http://collections.ic.gc.ca/prairie/mining.htm > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 15:57:31 -0700 > From: "Jim and Diane Anderson" > <anderson.jd@home.com> > To: ALBERTA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ALBERTA] Lethbridge 1909 to 1917 > > I have some questions and perhaps someone can help > provide answers. > > In the years 1909 to 1917, there are at least two > men in my husband's family > who left their farms near Wiste near > Consort/Loyalist, and travelled to > Lethbridge or Hardieville(?) to mine or find other > employment. In those > days, this would have been quite a distance. I found > this information on > Dominion Land Grant documents. > > The surnames are Winer(s) and Polichek. Does anyone > have lists of those who > worked in the mines during these years? Would there > have been other reasons > besides mining why the men went to the Lethbridge > area leaving their > families behind on the farm? Is it probable that the > men took their families > when they went to Lethbridge? I know one daughter > was born there while the > family supposedly still resided on the farm. Was > there a minimum age of > young men allowed to work in the mines, as one son > seemed to have > disappeared during this time. I am wondering if the > son could have met with > an accident in a mine? > > I would appreciate your thoughts and any leads you > might have. Thanks. > > Diane Anderson > Victoria, BC > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/