Hi Maureen--I'm pretty sure that was the carpenter that put up the wooden cribbing that supported the mine roof. When the drift was eventually mined out, they CAREFULLY removed the baulks of wood for reuse. Jack >>> MaureenU10@aol.com 01/28/03 11:22AM >>> In the 1920 census, my grandfather's occupation is "framer" in a copper mine. Would someone please be able to tell me what a framer was? Thank you. M. Utz ==== MIHOUGHT Mailing List ==== The Ross Collection Copper Country Obituaries and Newspaper Transcripts http://www.mfhn.com/rosscoll/rosscoll.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237