Exhibits

Haile Gold Mine

"How Many Do You Recognize?"

"AT FAMOUS MINE NEAR KERSHAW -- In the picture above, made about 35 years ago, are shown members of the crew of the famous Haile gold mine near Kershaw, S.C., which today is still in operation. Identified in the picture are:

"Top row, standing: [14] Mack Allman, deceased, underground worker; [15] Tom Adams, deceased, blacksmith; [16] Nathaniel Bowers, deceased, carpenter; [17] Captain C.A. Talley, deceased, underground foreman; [18] child, Arthur Wohlford of Charlotte, N.C.; [19] W.T. Wohlford, deceased, postmaster and bookkeeper; [20] L.E. Truesdale, machinist, Kershaw, S.C.; [21] Captain A. Thies, deceased, general manager; [22] Captain William Jenkins, deceased, assistant superintendent, who was also manager of the Rudisill mine near Charlotte when it was in operation in the year 1880; [23] Finn Jones, deceased, clerk in company store; [24] Ed Williams, hoister man, Great Falls, S.C.

"Second row, standing: [07] Adam Cline, deceased, night watchman; [08] Will Nolan, deceased, carpenter; [09] W.H. Jenkins, machinist, Spencer, N.C.; [10] V.D. Brown, deceased, railroad section foreman; [11] Hamp Truesdale, hoister man, Kershaw, S.C.; [12] Bud Williams, deceased, hoister man; [13] Reece Roberts, deceased, railroad engineer.

"Third row, sitting: [01] Columbus Adams, deceased, stamp mill foreman; [02] Mid Truesdale, deceased, concentrator room foreman; [03] Will Holden, deceased, stamp mill engineer; [04] John Holden, deceased, stamp mill engineer; [05] Jesse Truesdale, deceased, concentrator room foreman; [06] Sam Williams, deceased, stamp mill foreman.

"This picture is owned by John C. Jenkins of Kershaw, S.C."

From The Kershaw Times, November 16, 1938