Dear List, I was in St Francois Co in 1976. My mother and I had just a few days to be there. My mother had left there as a child and did not remember much so to speak. I had not found all the material that I found after I was there. My grandfather had been the highest paid man under the mine owners. He was the first person to buy a car in the area. He owned land around Bonne Terre, Flat River, etc. I do not know how much, but as I understand, he'd buy some place and fix it up and sell it. He did not have to go down into the mines except to research the problem that was occuring. He supervised the setting up of new equipment after he received the paperwork in advance of the arrivial of the equipment. Everywhere my mother and I went, there were all these stories of the mine owners and nothing about my grandfather. And if there was nothing about him, there was certainly nothing about the regular men. When my grandfather could no longer go down into the mines, the owners said Bye, Adios, etc and no pension. Why they did not keep him for his ability to get water out of the mines and correction of other things? Yes, I have always had a resentment toward them for that fact. And then to only see pictures of these guys and not the employees was to me very sad. I think that we were asked to see if we could identify any pictures in a tiny library in Doe Run. No pictures were identified before we arrived. We found a picture of Alfred Jones who was my mother's far older brother. At that time we had no knowledge of what had happened to him or his children. When I was a child, I had met him and his second wife. Wonder if the book states that the flat cable mine host from the St Louis World's Fair is in Missoula, MT? Most cables were round, but this one was flat. Flat ones were used in special cases. Wonder if the book contains information about the whistle that my grandfather had invented. It had been used in one of the mines and then moved to a factory in Farmington, I believe, and was still being used. Did not get to see it when I was in the area as a child. Do not know what happened to it later. Alanna

Please check into the museum for the mines..I think it was in Bonne Terre.. They have a museum..if you ask they have pictures of the miners & know some things about them. Marge -----Original Message----- From: moiron-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:moiron-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alanna Scanlon Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:50 PM To: moiron@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MOIRON] New Book Dear List, I was in St Francois Co in 1976. My mother and I had just a few days to be there. My mother had left there as a child and did not remember much so to speak. I had not found all the material that I found after I was there. My grandfather had been the highest paid man under the mine owners. He was the first person to buy a car in the area. He owned land around Bonne Terre, Flat River, etc. I do not know how much, but as I understand, he'd buy some place and fix it up and sell it. He did not have to go down into the mines except to research the problem that was occuring. He supervised the setting up of new equipment after he received the paperwork in advance of the arrivial of the equipment. Everywhere my mother and I went, there were all these stories of the mine owners and nothing about my grandfather. And if there was nothing about him, there was certainly nothing about the regular men. When my grandfather could no longer go down into the mines, the owners said Bye, Adios, etc and no pension. Why they did not keep him for his ability to get water out of the mines and correction of other things? Yes, I have always had a resentment toward them for that fact. And then to only see pictures of these guys and not the employees was to me very sad. I think that we were asked to see if we could identify any pictures in a tiny library in Doe Run. No pictures were identified before we arrived. We found a picture of Alfred Jones who was my mother's far older brother. At that time we had no knowledge of what had happened to him or his children. When I was a child, I had met him and his second wife. Wonder if the book states that the flat cable mine host from the St Louis World's Fair is in Missoula, MT? Most cables were round, but this one was flat. Flat ones were used in special cases. Wonder if the book contains information about the whistle that my grandfather had invented. It had been used in one of the mines and then moved to a factory in Farmington, I believe, and was still being used. Did not get to see it when I was in the area as a child. Do not know what happened to it later. Alanna ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MOIRON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Alanna, If you send me your grandfather's name, I'd be happy to search my records and see if I can find anything on him. I have lots of old newspapers at home. You can send it to me via private e-mail if you wish. Also, my maiden name is Jones. My father and grandfather plus numerous uncles and other Jones relatives worked in the mines around St. Francois County. I would be interested in knowing more about the Jones line to which you're related. Bettye bkwofc@i1.net On Tue, November 7, 2006 12:50 pm, Alanna Scanlon said: > Dear List, > > I was in St Francois Co in 1976. My mother and I had just a few > days to be there. My mother had left there as a child and did not > remember much so to speak. I had not found all the material that > I found after I was there. > > My grandfather had been the highest paid man under the mine > owners. He was the first person to buy a car in the area. He > owned land around Bonne Terre, Flat River, etc. I do not know how > much, but as I understand, he'd buy some place and fix it up and > sell it. He did not have to go down into the mines except to > research the problem that was occuring. He supervised the setting > up of new equipment after he received the paperwork in advance of > the arrivial of the equipment. > > Everywhere my mother and I went, there were all these stories of > the mine owners and nothing about my grandfather. And if there > was nothing about him, there was certainly nothing about the > regular men. > > When my grandfather could no longer go down into the mines, the > owners said Bye, Adios, etc and no pension. Why they did not keep > him for his ability to get water out of the mines and correction > of other things? Yes, I have always had a resentment toward them > for that fact. And then to only see pictures of these guys and > not the employees was to me very sad. > > I think that we were asked to see if we could identify any > pictures in a tiny library in Doe Run. No pictures were > identified before we arrived. We found a picture of Alfred Jones > who was my mother's far older brother. At that time we had no > knowledge of what had happened to him or his children. When I was > a child, I had met him and his second wife. > > Wonder if the book states that the flat cable mine host from the > St Louis World's Fair is in Missoula, MT? Most cables were round, > but this one was flat. Flat ones were used in special cases. > > Wonder if the book contains information about the whistle that my > grandfather had invented. It had been used in one of the mines > and then moved to a factory in Farmington, I believe, and was > still being used. Did not get to see it when I was in the area as > a child. Do not know what happened to it later. > > Alanna > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOIRON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >