My great-grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, and mother and five siblings all lived at the "85 Mine" which was in operation until the early 1930's. My great grandfather was the General Manager of the mine. My mother was born in 1913 and told us many stories about the area. Th 85 Mine was about one mile west of Shakespeare near a community called Valedon. After my grandfather died, my grandmother taught school in a railroad car nearby for the railroad company. I'm not sure of the town but this may be nearby to Steins if not Steins itself. I have a picture of my grandfather and uncle with Charles Lindburgh in Lordsburgh which was and still is the main town of the area.
Oh, the many stories of our all our ancestors and their struggles pioneering this beautiful country no matter what state, city, town or village they lived in.

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