Miners – Commonplaces

PILES! PILES!!

January 16, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

I love it – go get them at the lumber mill! Sacramento Daily Union, 26 January 1861 PILES! PILES ! CHAS. WOOD’S SUB-POSITORY; is the only infallible cure for the Piles ever yet discovered: whether they be BLEEDING PILES, EXTERNAL PILES, or DEEP SEATED INTERNAL PILES, the cure is equally certain. They are especially recommended … [Read more…]

Much Cousinman

January 24, 2017 by sergneri Leave a Comment

San Francisco Call, 24 January 1892 CONTRACT LABOR. The Alien Law* Violated and American Miners Superseded by Hungarians or Slavs. New York, Jan. 23.— Contract Labor Inspectors Conkling and Osborne, sent from this city to the mining districts in Pennsylvania to investigate the workings of the alien contract law, have sent a report to Secretary … [Read more…]