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From: "Bill Hansen" <>
Subject: Re: [IAWAPELL] Mining accident, Wapello Co.
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 16:24:59 -0500
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Albert,

Are you sure it happened in Wapello County? Like you I have never heard of
silver mines around here. I do know that many Iowans went to Montana,
Wyoming, and Idaho to mine silver, but not in Wapello county.

Bill Hansen
Ottumwa, Iowa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert Richardson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 1:56 PM
Subject: [IAWAPELL] Mining accident, Wapello Co.


I just received information that an ancestor may have died in a silver
mining accident, possibly in the early 1860's. I know that there are coal
mines in Iowa, are there also silver mines ? Could be faulty family lore.
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Katie in California


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