Have you tried the UMW? -----Original Message----- From: bobzam@juno.com <bobzam@juno.com> To: INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com <INCLAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, April 29, 2000 6:43 PM Subject: Re: Coal Miners >Marybeth, this is a natural progression. The mines in Dick Johnson >township played out in early 1900s and new mines opened over in >Vermillion County 1905-10 and thousands moved over there. It was a big >migration. I have traced relatives through this migration. It takes lots >of effort to pour through the 1910 or 1920 census of Vermillion county to >find people. > >Don't know exactly what you expect to find in additional info. Most of >these miners did not own property as they live in company temp housing or >rented. So census WPA indexes and newpaper obits are about it. > > There were literally hunderds of mines in this area. > >I have never found any employment data from these mines. Clinton library >has good materials if you are in the area. > > >>Can someone point me in the right direction for finding information on >>coal >>miners? My William WILSON was a coal miner. I don't have any idea >>what >>mine(s) he worked at. He lived in Dick Johnson Township in 1900 & >>1910. In >>1920 shows up in Vermillion County. He died in Terre Haute in 1928. >>His >>obit says he was president of Miners' District No. 8 for five years >>and an >>international board member for three years. >> > >________________________________________________________________ >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/ >