I found this link and thought someone might be interested in it. I've been trying to do some research on mining in assorted states/counties. This site has some particular information about New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Colorado.... www.abandonedmines.net Jeanne/jmh
More important for genealogy is to find the fatalities caused by mining accidents. I have been working of the subject in Colorado. g On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeanne Hicks <[email protected]>wrote: > I found this link and thought someone might be interested in it. I've been > trying to do some research on mining in assorted states/counties. This site > has some particular information about New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and > Colorado.... > > www.abandonedmines.net > > > > Jeanne/jmh > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > -- Tschüß, Gail "Be who you are and say what you want because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
Mining is one of those subjects that has lots of avenues for research. You can research information about the mines themselves: who owned them, who worked them, etc. Mining seems to tie in with the railroads, as well. I also try to provide researchers with what was mined. If, for example, you know that your ancestor was a miner in a specific location in the east and then they moved west, you might want to find out what they mined, because that could give you clues about where the went to. According to things I've researched, there is some type of mining in all 50 states. www3.gendisasters.com has information about mining accidents, train accidents, natural disasters, etc. What researchers want is names. Names of who died, who was hurt, who helped, who didn't help, who the rest of their family is/was, etc. With some mining operations, they also tie into the ghost towns. When the mine shut down, the last people still living in the community were..... and they died..... Family lore is a wonderful things as it can give you clues to find your ancestors. If you have always heard that your great great great grandfather was a miner on the **** Gold mine and he lived in a specific area, but it wasn't near any gold mines, you might want to start looking for mines by that name and find out what type of a mine it was. From there you can get clues to where they came from. We all have different ideas about how to research something. But anything that COULD help a researcher, whether it is our preference for doing research or not, is worth making available in some form. Just my thoughts. Jeanne/jmh --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Gail Kilgore <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gail Kilgore <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TTTP] Potential Resource > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 3:26 PM > More important for genealogy is to > find the fatalities caused by mining > accidents. I have been working of the subject in > Colorado. > > g > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeanne Hicks <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I found this link and thought someone might be > interested in it. I've been > > trying to do some research on mining in assorted > states/counties. This site > > has some particular information about New York, New > Jersey, Pennsylvania and > > Colorado.... > > > > www.abandonedmines.net > > > > > > > > Jeanne/jmh > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 message > > > > > > -- > Tschüß, > Gail > "Be who you are and say what you want because those who > mind don't matter > and those who matter don't mind." > > ------------------------------- > 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 message >