This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XY.2ADE/466.1 Message Board Post: Richard, I believe that the very best place to start looking for information about both th mine and the town during that period is the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History & Genealogy. Wendy Hall is the branch manager and is always ready and willing to assist. Her whole staff is very knowlegable and one has even written a carefully researched book about the mine and miners of that area. You can write to Wendy at HallW@boulder.lib.co.us