tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post3850339862556098696..comments2023-09-12T06:15:03.838-07:00Comments on Grampa Stan Stark's Thoughts: The Jonesville Mine, Sutton, Alaskastan starkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04175860686089171829noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-35379762811751415162017-07-15T13:02:28.746-07:002017-07-15T13:02:28.746-07:00Hello, Sorry I never answered. I believe the total...Hello, Sorry I never answered. I believe the total account is available from the right sidebar. You may use any pictures and the stories as written. stanstark73@gmal.com.stan starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175860686089171829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-1097905809596603202016-03-27T10:46:27.829-07:002016-03-27T10:46:27.829-07:00Dear grandson of Stan Stark,
I have just uncovere...Dear grandson of Stan Stark,<br /><br />I have just uncovered the first 2 pages of your account of your grandfather's work in Sutton, AK. I am a member of Alpine Historical Society which manages the Alpine Historical Park in Sutton highlighting coal mining in the area. Your photos and account of the 1940's local mining are fascinating. If possible, I would like to have the total account (9 pages) and copies of the photos for the Park's display. Thank you for recording some of Jim Stephens involvement in Sutton. At the park there is a Hall of Fame which features many miners. Neither Jim Stephens or his father are included in the display. Can you send me any information you have gleamed on them from writing this account?<br /><br />Please send me your name so I can contact you directly. <br /><br />Sincerely, Nancy DrydenDrydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140749885485200343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-9306690451883904932015-04-06T18:44:54.767-07:002015-04-06T18:44:54.767-07:00Coleen, I have the names of the miners killed at J...Coleen, I have the names of the miners killed at Jonesville in 1937, however I don't know how to "forward" same....<br />Phil Doherty<br />phildoh@gmail.comPhil and Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877320885311471333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-81677964898319712482014-08-07T00:51:32.519-07:002014-08-07T00:51:32.519-07:00I'm looking for a list of the men who died in ...I'm looking for a list of the men who died in the 1937 explosion/fire at Jonesville.Coleens Recipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273119586207995489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-1495476174375180902013-12-10T16:30:36.421-08:002013-12-10T16:30:36.421-08:00Ah, the website did not publish, so here it is aga...Ah, the website did not publish, so here it is again: http://matanuskavalley.wordpress.comHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961327776695551525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-60905115711124431062013-12-10T16:28:58.298-08:002013-12-10T16:28:58.298-08:00Hello Stan,
I've been searching for photogra...Hello Stan, <br /><br />I've been searching for photographs of the Jonesville mine for a book I'm working on. With every search I try, I find the photos on your blog are inevitably the best. Thank you for such a fascinating site. <br /><br />I'm writing to ask for permission to use some of your photos of the Jonesville mine in my forthcoming book about the Matanuska Valley. You can see the book I'm working on, which is nearing completion, at my website for this title. I have a short chapter on the Jonesville mine, and I need three photos to complete it. <br /><br />Thanks for considering my request, and thank you again for your good writing!<br /><br />Kind regards,<br />Helen Hegener<br />helenhegener@gmail.com<br />Wasilla, Alaska <br />Northern Light Media<br />Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00961327776695551525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-80954115432051051572013-10-15T08:20:20.912-07:002013-10-15T08:20:20.912-07:00Joy,
On the right side of the blog there are all ...Joy,<br /><br />On the right side of the blog there are all the rest of the pictures I have of the Jonesville Mine, but you need to scroll down. We have a lot more of the Steven's pictures that have no identification. If you have a picture of your father, I could look for him in the pictures, and I could post it here on this blog, and maybe someone could send you more information.stan starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175860686089171829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359666623703227812.post-57352265435618369702013-10-14T14:37:50.496-07:002013-10-14T14:37:50.496-07:00Dear Grampa Stan,
I am so grateful that you have g...Dear Grampa Stan,<br />I am so grateful that you have gone to the trouble to post the photos of the Jonesville min in AK. I never got to know my wonderful father because he was murdered there by one of the prisoners from a local prison that they had working there due to the shortage of men after WWII. My Father, Milton Ervin Thompson, was a Christian and soft-spoken gentleman- they hired him to be a supervisor over a crew of men. He was pushed down a coal chute and buried alive. I was born just 6 days later on June 30th 1946. I really do crave information about the mine during those years (1945-1946). I can't find anything about the prisoners they "hired". The man who murdered my father was in prison for life for a previous murder so he had nothing to lose to kill my father who greatly enraged the man because he couldn't be 'ruffled' or upset (although he was truly fearful of the brute according to his letters to my mother - of which none have survived). Several of the mine executives attended his funeral on June 24th in Seattle at Stokes Funeral Home. So I wonder if Jim Stephen's family has any of his journals or writings or know anything about my father's death or the practice of the mine to employ prisoners. Thank you for anything you can find out for me.<br />God Bless You <br />Joy ThompsonJoy's B'lognahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298325270903339467noreply@blogger.com