>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.