thanks for your reply On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:49:20 -0600 bobzam@juno.com writes: > >>certain and sure employment. Look at old census records and see >>places of >>birth. They brought their mining skills with them and helped train >>others. > >Yes, in Clay County the principal mining was in Van Buren and Dick >Johnson Township. This all passed its most productive time in very >early >1900s. That was around Carbon, Perth and Diamond (actually in Parke >County). > >Then best mining jobs went down to North Vigo County but quickly over >to >Vermillion county, north of Clinton. This was a very big area and >lasted until about 1920. > >Then most productive jobs were with Saxton and Snow Hill Mines north >of >Terre Haute which were very mechanized.. > >Of course, history repeated this exact migration when surfaced strip >mining came into being in 1930s and it worked the same pattern from >northern Clay over to Vermillion. > >I have relatives who worked both of these cycles, including my father. > > >Bob Zambenini > >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >Visit the Clay County Indiana InGenWeb site at; >http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclay/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.