Genealogy Chat

lisa, thanks, karen,

Karen: I thought the book would have had summaries for each area mentioned -- but it doesn't. Here is what I have picked up, by scanning the pages: British Columbia: quartz and gold mining Yukon Territory: gold mining Alaska: gold mining Arizona: silver, gold, copper, lead (turquoise was also found) California: gold, quartz, ore (other carbonates, too) Colorado and Utah: gold, silver and zinc Montana: gold, silver and quartz Idaho: silver, gold (iron ore?) Wyoming: gold Nevada: gold, silver, platinum, vanadium, and lead New Mexico and Texas: gold, silver, blue turquoise, ore and coal (coal: 1881 and later in Dawson, NM); (plebian coal in Golden, NM in early 1800's); (Madrid, NM-coal, 1839); (White Oaks, NM coal 1887 and prior). Oregon: gold Washington: gold, copper and silver Neighbouring States, I would think, would have had similar mines, so I don't think I found every mention of the types of mines, nor do I think the author mentioned every type of mine in each state. Example: in California, he chose to concentrate on the famous cities, and didn't elaborate on the different types of mines. Good luck. If I run across anything else, I will let you know.

thanks,i'll take a look, karen

Karen, haven't had a chance to look at the book yet, but I did just find this, hope it helps: http://www(.)cyndislist(.)com/mining(.)htm (remove brackets)

thanks, paul eddy was from cornwall its its any help karen

Hi Karen: There were also gold and silver mines in California and Nevada. According to a ghost town book I have, people were also in search of "other precious metals" so the book included (but don't know if all of these state had something to do with mining): Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Alaska, the Yukon and British Columbia. I am off to work, but will check out the book tonight to see if I can narrow down which states were only involved in mining. (It's an 872 page book -- may take a few minutes to figure it out.)

Hi Karen, A lot of miners went from South Wales to Pennsylvania to the mines there so you could try there as a start- sorry don't have any links though. Some also went to Patagonia in South America. Happy hunting Sinead:))

does anyone have any idaes on where to look for someone that was a miner in america(i have no idea whereabouts)but came from england and then returned to england after an accident blinded him, karen