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/1MB.2ACI/1915.4 Message Board Post: My father tells me that his father worked in mines, but like your other correspondent noted, these were primarily over in Galena KS or Picher OK. My father vividly remembers the labor related violence in Galena and apparently himself worked in the mines as a child of 8 or so. I will ask my father to remember what he can about the mines and possible ways we can locate workers. Please feel free to write me if you like.