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."