Twila: I discovered, or rather rediscovered, a really great source of information on mines in every county in Illinois. It's called "County Coal Mine Maps and Directories" and the URL is http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/servs/pubs/county-coal-maps/coalmine_for.htm. The best way to view the file for any given county is to right-click on a county name and choose "Save Target As," then you can download the PDF file and view it on your PC. There is a county map of mines, plus much detail on the many mines: type, name, dates operated, etc. People may recognize family names from some of the smaller slope-mine operations. Best wishes, and again I apologize if I have been heavy-handed in recent posts on the list. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Twila yednock [mailto:twila2@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:25 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Hi Joanie, You inadvertantly answered a question I had. Our family was Slovak, and they also were miners, as I believe they were in the "Old Country". I wondered if this book had the smaller mines, but you say it doesn't. Is there any history or record that does?
Tim, It is interesting that you sent that site on mines because I had just started looking into it and reading the information. Thank you Cindy (o: Tim Bryant <tpbryant9@yahoo.com> wrote: Twila: I discovered, or rather rediscovered, a really great source of information on mines in every county in Illinois. It's called "County Coal Mine Maps and Directories" and the URL is http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/servs/pubs/county-coal-maps/coalmine_for.htm. The best way to view the file for any given county is to right-click on a county name and choose "Save Target As," then you can download the PDF file and view it on your PC. There is a county map of mines, plus much detail on the many mines: type, name, dates operated, etc. People may recognize family names from some of the smaller slope-mine operations. Best wishes, and again I apologize if I have been heavy-handed in recent posts on the list. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Twila yednock [mailto:twila2@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:25 AM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILLASALLE] Book: Biography in Black Hi Joanie, You inadvertantly answered a question I had. Our family was Slovak, and they also were miners, as I believe they were in the "Old Country". I wondered if this book had the smaller mines, but you say it doesn't. Is there any history or record that does? ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'