In a message dated 02/12/2002 11:46:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, Pmgravy@cs.com writes: > Kay, > > Sorry I can't give you info on how to contact anyone who may have info > about your GGrandfater, But while in the military I was stationed at a > radar bomb scoring site that was placed on a large pile of rubble from a > lead/zinc mine just West of Oronogo Missouri. The water filled pit > remaining from the mining days was a well known scuba diving area for scuba > enthusiasts because of its' tremendous depth. > > Oronogo is about 8 miles North of Joplin, Mo off of hiway 43 (I assume the > hiways are still located the same as they were in 1967 when I was last > there). I believe there was also some mining around the Webb City area as > well. You could probably contact the Joplin Chamber of Commerce or the > Historical Society to get more specifics. > > Good luck, > P Graves > > Back in the late 40's - early 50s 'The Pit' at Oronogo was still dry and my family used to go there to fire off our 4th of July fireworks. We would take a picnic and spend the afternoon and evening playing in the bottom of the pit. During the same era, my grandfather. Evans Walker Buskett, a retired assayer/metallurgist, used to take me to mines all over the Joplin area to help him collect mineral specimens. Unfortunately, I was too young at the time to remember where they are now. Bob Robert Evans Page "she comes from a long line of dead men." A Long Line of Dead Men - Lawrence Block