Miners gathered at the Shuler mining camp tavern after work for a drink, to play cards, and socialize. Children would visit the tavern to buy soda for 5 cents. (Photo -- family behind counter of tavern, left to right: Lucy Lami, Dima Lami, Ferruccio…
Darlene Oliver decorating a Christmas tree in the living room of one of the Shuler Mining camp houses. Nearby is their television, which was the first one in the neighborhood, and was often watched my many people in the area at once by setting up…
Pete Andreini is kneeling by a garden at the Shuler Mining camp in front of a tool shed that was later converted into an automobile repair shed. Gardening was essential to many mining camp families’ overall food supply. A large portion of a family’s…
The White & Company store sold canned food, salt, sugar, and flour, . Mining families were allowed to purchase goods from the store on credit, and the miners paid back the store once the mine reopened. Pictured is Ernest Duprez and his grandfather,…
Houses in Waukee typically did not have have indoor plumbing until the 1950's [note: this is after the mine closed in 1949].Water was pumped from a well and carried up to half a block to the house for cooking, drinking, and bathing. Toilets were…
