COAL MINERS have always had a dangerous job and so many have died in mines - explosions - gas - landslides - accidents. So many children also worked in the mines.
I was so happy to find this site which has a searchable database and a memorial opportunity.
Its called "Virtual Museum of Coal Mining in Western Pennsylvania." and let me say this. I have already heard back from the man who owns this site, Raymond A. Washlaski, Historian and Editor!
He was very helpful and sharing of information that may also aid my search for ancestors who are said to have died in a mining accident!
