Hi Faith, I'm not familiar with the coal mines what where near Steubenville, but I do know a little about the "mining towns." In my personal experience of having been born in Adena, OH and spending my childhood there, it was a case of coal mining being the largest single industry for the boys and men of all ages. They were simply a part of the regular community. However, I remember during my 7th and 8th grade school years when I lived on a farm between Adena and Cadiz and attended a one-room school, that it was located in what I believe was a "mining town." There were a number of empty "company houses" that we had to pass on the way to the school. There was still a small combination grocery/bar there. Also, one small church (The Springdale Friends Church). A short distance from these "institutions" was a tipple where coal was loaded on railroad cars. Although the town was almost abandoned when I lived there in the early 1940s, it seems to me that it once was a somewhat typical "mining town." I still have distant relatives who live there but haven't seen them for many years. I hope that this might provide you with some "background" information. Ed Durbin Faith Keahey wrote: > > My cousin Sandy and I, in our search for our elusive CLIFTON'S have learned > our WILLIAM A. CLIFTON & his brother DAVID CLIFTON were with a family who's > breadwinner was a coal miner. The 1850 census being difficult to read, > Sandy figured him to be something like SOLOMAN RISDIN age 48 b. NY > wife: ELIZABETH age 55 b. DE > David 25 coal digger b. OH > John 21 coal digger b. OH > Nottingham 19 coal digger OH > also with them was a John HURFUN (? again hard to read) 21 coal digger b. > OH- > > William Clifton was 5, David was 2. > > What mines would have been in operation there in Jefferson Co, near > Steubenville in 1850??? Anyone know? Did they have seperate living areas, > like a mining town within the town? Appreciate any help. Faith > Keahey@cyberhighway.net