Thanks so much for putting that up! I have Mitchell and Small ancestors living in Breton, Walton and Harmony townships in the 1860’s, 70’s, and 80’s, who were listed as miners. This helps give background to what they might have been doing. Also kind of scary knowing what we do now about the toxicity of lead exposure. Cynthia Zeiler On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Various News Articles (Christine Lembeck) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:38:19 -0800 (PST) > From: Christine Lembeck <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOWASHIN] Various News Articles > To: Wash Co List <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Keowee Courier, ?November 27, 1858 > SENTENCED ? William L. Hall, who, in 1857, killed a man > named Bullock, in Washington County, Mo., has just been convicted and sentenced > to the penitentiary for 15 years. > Madison Wisconsin State Journal, November 11, 1870 > Boiler Explosion ? An explosion took place a few days ago at > Messrs. Clarkson and Henson?s saw mill situated some seven miles south of > Potosi, Mo., which was the cause of serious and perhaps fatal, injury to four > persons.? The force of the explosion was > so great that the whole engine and boiler were lifted from their place and carried > bodily through the roof of the mill, and having made several revolutions in the > air, were deposited upon the ground 125 feet from their original position. > St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 28, 1879 > ?Missouri Lead???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? > About > fifteen miles west of Potosi, the county set of Washington County, and about > eighty miles distant from St. Louis, are what are known as the Palmer Lead > Mines.? These mines are worked something > after this manner:? The man who wants to > dig for lead goes to the manager of the company at Palmer and gets a permit to > mine on the company?s land. They stake him off a tract and the miner gets him a > shovel, costing about $1.50, a tub at about $2.50, a rope $3.25, a pick $1.25, > and goes to work.? In most cases lead is > found at a depth of twenty-five or thirty feet, sometimes it is much deeper ? > forty or fifty feet; frequently it is found very near the surface. Shallow > mineral is often found in the very grass roots. Of course, all do not find > mineral at once; but it is only a question of perseverance and industry.? All find it in time in paying quantities.? As soon as he does find it, it is taken to > the surface and cleaned.? Two men can, > with a fair prospect, take of a thousand pounds a day. This ore is then > weighted on the spot.? The miner gets a > receipt for it, and can get his money for it at once at the company?s > office.? No store pay or scrip-all cash; > and the miner?s price for his mineral is governed by the lead market.? At present , the ore is advancing in price > rapidly.? The miner gets a house furnished > him free of charge on the company?s land, and all the ground he wants, rent > free,? to raise what farm produce and > vegetables he chooses, and he gets the privilege to cut all the wood he want on > the company?s land free of charge ? so that he has absolutely no expense but to > buy his provisions, which can be bought there as cheaply as in St. Louis, and > he need not be idle a day.? It requires > no special knowledge for this work.? Any > man that can use a pick and shovel can do it successfully.? Boys frequently make large sums of money by > digging ore in shallow holes.? The > railroad fare on the Iron Mountain Railroad to Potosi is about $2.? It need cost but little to remove any household > goods from St Louis there, and to the strong, able workingman out of employment, > and with house rent and coal bills to pay, what an opportunity is here for > continued employment and free house room and an abundance of fuel gratis.? The mines are not far from St. Louis, the > poorest man here can reach them on foot in three or four days, and it seems to > be a good opening for all unemployed men. > St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 2, 1884 > Potosi, Mo.- Mr. Robert Peebles, an old citizen who resided > alone in the suburbs of this place, was found dead in bed this morning. Cause > of death unknown. > St. Louis Post Dispatch, December 12, 1888 > C.A. Blaine, a deputy sheriff from Potosi, Mo., was struck > by a C & A train near the tunnel entrance last night and received a serious > cut in the forehead.? His right arm was > badly bruised. > St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 14, 1893 > Mineral Point, Mo.,- Mr. H. Bub, on old resident and highly > esteemed citizen of Potosi, Missouri, died at his home in Potosi after an > illness of two months.? Mr. Bub has been > connected with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railways for the past > twenty years as agent and conductor on the the Potosi branch.? His remains were interred at Potosi yesterday > with Masonic honors. > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MOWASHIN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MOWASHIN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MOWASHIN Digest, Vol 9, Issue 13 > ***************************************