>Do you know if they dug clay in any of those mines? Our g >grandfather, Ord >Parker, fell down the shaft of the "Diamond Mine" in January 1869. >They >Hydraulic Brick Company had a mine up in that area too. They >manufactured >glazed bricks around the turn of the century. They would have needed >coal to >fire their kilns. > >Mary Mary, I don't know when the deep mining really started around that area. My GGrandfather on my mother's side, bought a lot from Carbon Block Coal Company in Carbon around 1870. My GGrandfather Pietro Zambenini, was down in McAlester OK in 1894 and they had a big explosion that killed over 100 people. Fortunatly he was off sick that day and the ones who survived found that deep mines were opening around Perth IN and they all high tailed it up to Perth. Bob ___________________________________________________________________ Why pay more to get Web access? Try Juno for FREE -- then it's just $9.95/month if you act NOW! Get your free software today: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.