Thanks Bill, That's an interesting site. I've been looking for one that shows section lines over the topo layout...looks like you found it. I'm wondering where I can find a map of the shaft/slope mines that exist in Clay County. Do you (or anyone else on the list) have an idea of where such a site, or map would exist? And it would be great if I could see a detailed map of the shaft layout for each mine. How many of us live in Clay County and don't even know we have a shaft under our property? Last question, and I'll go. Does anybody else have ancestors that worked in Risher [shaft] Mine in Saline? Looking for stories concerning the mining conditions in Clay County's underground mines. Which mine did you're ancestor work in? Thanks Again, Brad Crabb ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Strahle" <photobuff@argphotoshop.com> To: <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 9:59 AM Subject: Great Map News > Well, it is to me! And to anyone else who is interested in Maps and Charts. Please forward this to other friends who are > interested. > The USGS Topo Maps of the US are now (at last) on the Web. Free! I've been waiting a long time for this. Unfortunately, there is a bug in Internet Explorer for printing them but they are working on that. In the mean time this is a great step forward for those of us who want access without buying the costly CD's. Thanks, USGS and Topo Zone! > > The URL listed below is an example of the maps. A bit of information about the map controls. > > At the upper left of the map are 4 scales which allow greater or lesser resolution of topography and details such as buildings. I generally start with the 1:100,000 to home in on my target. > > At the upper right of the map are 3 size controls. This selects the amount of coverage in the map being displayed. The resolution remains the same. > > The site loads the map by using several small images. The larger the map, the longer it is going to take to load because there are more images to display. The great advantage of this? By moving your cursor to a spot on the map and left-clicking, the map will be redrawn with that spot as the center of the map. This allows you the control to slowly adjust the map to contain all the information that you want. > > This URL is for a medium size map centered just NNW of Coalmont, Clay Co., IN. If you scroll to the lower left portion of the map, you will see Shiloh Church were a number of my father's ancestors are buried. To check out how it works, go to the upper right of the map and change the size to "Large". Shiloh is still in the lower left, but now, at the upper right is Friendly Grove Church (cemetery of my mother's family). > > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.2274&lon=-87.2427&s=25&size=m > > To get your own map, on the toolbar at the top of the page, click on "Get a Map". You can find your spot of interest by either doing a "Search" or entering a latitude and longitude. If you do the search, enter the nearest town.... no state. It will then give you a list of options of locations for the town name you entered. To create the map for the above URL, I entered Coalmont. It then gave me a list of 5 Coalmonts that it had in its data base. You can enter other places, such as mountains and the like, but I have not found that it recognizes cemeteries or churches. A search for "Shiloh" gave me a town near Dugger - not what I wanted. > > Bill Strahle > > > ==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > This list brought to you by Rootsweb,be sure to check us out at > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >