This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HASTINGS, SWALLOW Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XY.2ADE/371.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Alistair, Some of the Coloradoans may be able to give you a more complete answer, but I know that my greatgrandfather took his family to Colorado (the Gold Hill area) in 1871 because of the mining there -- he was a drover rather than a miner, however. You might check the mountain counties because I believe mining was quite an attraction at the time. Good luck, Leah