During the early 1900s, miners settled near the mine shaft and leased the land from the mining company.
The commercial fishermen, miners and trappers settled their credit accounts at the end of their seasons.
But the miners settled for a contract almost identical to the one rejected by union negotiators on Wednesday.
However, miners of a dozen other nationalities, including Finns and Poles, also settled in Caspain.
The miners would usually settle a site and make home of tents and shacks,that miners built by hand.
After the discovery of black coal in the area, many miners and workers came and settled there.
Property values there were high, so several miners settled on a ridge to the north of it and named their settlement "Rockpile".
The ship was cold: it had been shut down a considerable time ago, when the miners had settled in to work this hunk of rock.
The miner settled himself more comfortably in his chair, and resumed his story.
The miners settled on a 10 shilling per day minimum wage, and improved working conditions as the basis of their demands.