gendisasters is made up mostly of newspaper articles that people have transcribed and submitted. So there's lots of stuff from all over there. 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, 5:03 PM > I sit and read the old newspapers in > Colorado. > g > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Jeanne Hicks <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 >