Sue, Yes, I would like to have a copy of the Durham pages and the Valley ones also. I think I can afford the price. Can I send you a SASE? Just let me know the address. My mother just reminded me of a book she had given me many years ago. I had read it then but had forgotten about it. The book was written in 1977and is 'The Old Miner and His Guardian Angel' by Earnest Hollingsworth (of Walker County). I just this year found out that we are related. But so is everybody in the county. The book contains a good insight into early county life and particularly the Durham mines where he worked for a while. It even has one picture of the area around the mine. I would hope that both Dade and Walker libraries have this book. I need to reread it.