There was a good deal of mining in southern Ca as well. There is/was a newspaper called the Acton Rooster I believe in Los Angeles Co. that had a lot of mining news for about that time frame. marilyn ________________________________ From: Lars Oyane <loya@online.no> To: Margie <twigsnbranches@earthlink.net>; norcal@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Howard Morton Elder, born FL 1876 - in California 1920 - what became of him? - CADI? Dear Sharon, RoseMary, Margie, Roland and other Listers! Thank you very much to all of you for additional comments on Howard Elder, his occupation, where he lived, on the life at Trona, CA etc.  It is interesting to me since I have NEVER been in California myself, and yet so many descendants of "my" Norwegian emigrant families have ended up there! l My guess is, as I have already said, that Howard Elder probably left CA shortly after 1920.  Maybe he went to mine in NV, NM or CO?  Too bad there aren't any good death indexes for any of these "mining" states... Well, let's hope he'll show up somewhere, sooner or later...! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Aug 21, 2013, at 3:15 PM, Margie wrote: > >  I normally don't get involved with some of these threads since I no longer >  live >  in  Northern California - but I just have to jump in here as a 'former >  Northern >  California native' who unfortunately now lives near Trona, California in >  Kern County - located in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. >  Have you asked the Library in Ridgecrest, CA about this question?  That >  would be the closest place where someone MIGHT know.  The California City >  library which is the town (calls itself a city - NOT) closest to Trona is >  very limited - believe me - I live >  here. >  This area of the Mojave desert (at 2500 foot elevation) had a lot of >  quarries and mining at one time (some, but not a lot, of gold, quartz, etc) >  and mostly these towns (I use that word lightly) are deserted and derelict >  places that time forgot.  Sorry to those few people who still claim Trona as >  their home - but there are probably only one hand full of families living >  there now, if that many. > > >  After that thunder and lightening storm we had come through >  here a couple of days ago, Trona may have been washed away.  That storm had >  huge lightening strikes VERY CLOSE to us - not mentioned in the media. >  There still is mining in the hills around here - for borax and for other >  stuff that gets hauled out going south on the few unmarked rail cars each >  evening.  Just south of me in the town of Mojave they are opening up one of >  the deserted gold mines - but how much they are finding?  They aren't >  saying. >  Margie >  ----- Original Message ----- >  From: "Lars Oyane" <[1]loya@online.no> >  To: <[2]norcal@rootsweb.com> >  Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:28 PM >  Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Howard Morton Elder,born FL 1876 - in California >  1920 - what became of him? - CADI? >  Dear Marilyn and other Listers! >  Thank you very much, Marilyn, for your latest message on the Elder-topic.  I >  still have trouble seeing a connection between this Elder family and the >  Elders in Sacramento, CA, but I have sent you off-line a copy of Ferdinand >  Elder's obituary from Tacoma, WA 1915 for you to study... >  My three original questions about Howard Elder still stand "open".  Maybe >  they are just impossible to solve... >>> * What is really Howard Elder's occupation at Trona, CA in 1920? >>> >>> * And, can Howard's death record be found in the CADI after 1920? >>> >>> * Or, does anyone have any suggestions what may have become of Howard >>> Elder after 1920?  After all he was only 43 years old at the time... >  Again, thanks a million for any suggestions! >  Very sincerely yours, >  Lars E. Oyane > > References > >  1. mailto:loya@online.no >  2. mailto:norcal@rootsweb.com > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message