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French-Canadian Genealogical Research in Houghton County, Michigan

Tracing French Canadians in Michigan's Copper Country by John P. DuLong.

Genealogy - Coal Miners

Unearthing Your Coal Miner Relatives at the Pennsylvania State Archives. From the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

GOLD 150 - Celebrating 150 Years of Australian Gold-Rush History

Gold Ledge's Gold Rush Genealogy

California gold rush resources.

Gold Mining in Siskiyou County - A Digital Collection

Gold Prospectors of Colorado

Gold Rush Voyages - Panama Isthmus

Riot on Isthmus of Panama, 1856. Ships passenger lists (Golden Gate and JL Stephens to San Francisco), lists of those killed, NARA surname index to damage claims.

Hailey, ID North Star Mine Snowslide, Feb 1917

History of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia

A collection of historical and/or technical transcripts relating to 300 years of coal mining in the province of Nova Scotia.

HOOD Family History and Coalmining in Mid and East Lothian, Scotland

Descendants of David HOOD, a coalminer in Midlothian, Scotland; from 1715-1800's. Also includes information on coalmines in that area.

Houghton County Michigan Mining Accidents

Online searchable database.

Kentucky Coal Miners

LLywernog Silver-Lead Mine Museum and Caverns

Collection of machinery and archives housed on the site of a restored 19th c. Lead & Silver Mine in Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) Wales UK.

Mining History of Michigan Links

Mining in Michigan

Mining in Wyoming

History of mining in Wyoming.

MSHA: Mining History, Museums and Disasters

Peak District Mines Historical Society - Mines of Wales in 1896

Plymouth, PA Avondale Mine Disaster, Apr 1869

Postcards recording the terrible explosion at the Universal pit, Senghennydd

Wales. On October 14, 1913, there was a disaster in the the Universal Steam Coal Company pit - the most severe in the history of the Welsh coal industry. 439 men and boys were killed. From the National Library of Wales.