bobzam@juno.com wrote: > > >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/ On the subject of mines, does anyone know anything about the Sunbeam mine near West Terre Haute or the Wizard mine? My husband's gr gr grandfather was killed 12/22/1918--the newspaper article says he was an employee of the Sunbeam mine but the obituary says it happened near the Wizard Mine. Thanks, Nancy Brinker Trezise