Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM Sandie Huffstutler <[email protected]> wrote: Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Hmmmm, I know he died in Tennessee. This is the obituary that my cousin sent to me. I haven't found this obituary myself, though. OBITUARY:"COAL MINER IS KILLED; ROCKS CRUSH HIS HEAD William B. Graves, 63-year-old coal miner, of Signal Mountain, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when struck by falling slate and rock in a mine of the Sunshine Coal company on Walden's Ridge. Physicians said the fall struck Graves in the head, crushing his skull. Sandie Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> wrote: The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM Sandie Huffstutler wrote: Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

Isn't Walden's Ridge in Sequatchie Co.? Maybe the library there would have more articles on this. Donna Sandie Huffstutler <[email protected]> wrote: Hmmmm, I know he died in Tennessee. This is the obituary that my cousin sent to me. I haven't found this obituary myself, though. OBITUARY:"COAL MINER IS KILLED; ROCKS CRUSH HIS HEAD William B. Graves, 63-year-old coal miner, of Signal Mountain, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when struck by falling slate and rock in a mine of the Sunshine Coal company on Walden's Ridge. Physicians said the fall struck Graves in the head, crushing his skull. Sandie Mike & Donna OBrien wrote: The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM Sandie Huffstutler wrote: Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

You know, I just re-read that obit. It doesn't say that the mine caved in, only that he was hit by falling rock. I didn't pick up on that before. Sandie Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> wrote: The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM Sandie Huffstutler wrote: Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less

I also wonder if the mine was owned by Sunshine Mining Co., but was called something else. I know all the ones out in Idaho and Colorado were owned by them, but each mine had a different name and No. depending on where it was located. It's possible that it wasn't a mine failure, but a freak accident. Donna Sandie Huffstutler <[email protected]> wrote: You know, I just re-read that obit. It doesn't say that the mine caved in, only that he was hit by falling rock. I didn't pick up on that before. Sandie Mike & Donna OBrien wrote: The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM Sandie Huffstutler wrote: Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. Thanks, Sandie --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== *********************************************************************** PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, requests for help, and other genealogical related information that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ *********************************************************************** ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

The way I read it Sandie it sounded to me like it was a cave in too. Betty Also I have forwarded the other information to the lady requesting it -- thank you so much Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandie Huffstutler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [TNMARION] MINE ACCIDENTS | You know, I just re-read that obit. It doesn't say that the mine caved in, only that he was hit by falling rock. I didn't pick up on that before. | Sandie | | Mike & Donna OBrien <[email protected]> wrote: | The Sunshine Mining Co. was actually in Kellogg, Idaho. There was another accident there in 1971 that killed 91 people. You might want to contact the library in Kellogg to see if they have anything on the 1939 accident. | | The MSHA only lists them back to 1970, but you could e-mail them and see if they have records going back further. | | http://www.msha.gov/MSHAINFO/FactSheets/MSHAFCT8.HTM | | Sandie Huffstutler wrote: | Is anyone familiar with a mining accident that happened 01 Jul 1939? My great grandfather died in that one. I was told he worked for the Sunshine Mining Company, somewhere in Marion County. I understand that he is the only one who died in the accident. His name- William Benjamin Graves. | Thanks, | Sandie | | | | | | | | --------------------------------- | Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx | | | | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the | areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. | Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------- | Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less | | | ==== TNMARION Mailing List ==== | *********************************************************************** | PLEASE NOTE: This list is for queries and replies, comments, | requests for help, and other genealogical related information | that is of interest to researchers having a connection or a | possible connection to Marion County, Tennessee. There is no | soliciting or advertising of any item or service for sale allowed. | Betty McBee - list administrator-- [email protected] . | Marion County Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnmario2/ | *********************************************************************** | | ============================== | Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the | last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx | |