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aver there. Of course, the Northestern Railroad was the one vho had the
coal mines over there, and that's where he wrked, for the Northmstern
Railroad. Then *en the coal mines wmt dcm aver there, these four
mines here around Benld, they're in Benld, Gillespie, Wilsonville, and
Eagerville, they Ere Northvestern mines too. So that's where he cam to
those mines there. Jle mrked at Nuder Tb in Sawyemille for Superior
Coal Campany.
Q: Yes.
A: IVrmber Two mine in Sawyerville.
Q: All right:. my did your father CODE over here to get into coal
mining Was there a reason for it, or did he . . .
A: Mines mt down over there and then he c o over ~ here to get a job,
and he got a job.
Q: He just had same skill in coal mining
A: Oh, yes. J3e wis a coal miner for fifty years or more. Yes, I how
he lms.
Q: Yes.
A : He ' s been in coal min3mg for fifty years.
Q: Tell me mre about your father.
A: He always liked to hunt a lot, that's one thing I rawrber. He
msn't rruch of an athlete or anything. He didn't play any baseball or
anything that I can rder. 'Ihe only thing he did, he did a lot of
gardening. I don' t lonaw what. they do there, they graft fruit trees. On
this one tree there was three different kinds of fruit on one tree, and
he ms gocd at that. I don't how how he did it, but: just one branch
aver here and one branch aver there. (laughter)
Q: Yes.
A: And he was good at prdening. That was his hobby more or less. Even
just before he died, he always had a good garden.
Q: Yes. Tell DE about your mther.
A: My rmther came here frm Sluvakia. She had an uncle, Andy Bagas, my
great uncle, that ' s this Jack Bugas ' Eather, he was in h@mhg. 'Ihat is
where my mther cam fran, she was only about sixteen years old &en she
came here. She came to Wyoming and my great uncle at that time was
running a hotel in Rock Springs, Wyoming. She c m there and helped out.
She learned to talk, write, read and everything. k mtd to send her
to school, but she didn't go. She was very nusically inclined, she could
listen to rmsic and tell you whether the rhythms right or not. bhen
my sister ws taking lessons in piano and I can waTlBnber if she didn't