This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Fm.2ADE/123.1 Message Board Post: I just recently saw your message. I once saw a Kansas site regarding the coal mines, and if you are still interested I will try to find it again. My grandfather worked in a coal mine north of the City of Leavenworth, near the Missouri River. He worked in the mine in the early 1890's.