To those of us interested in the discussion on whether George Washington owned interest in Iron Works, here is a link to his fathers' Will. If you read down, you will notice that he left his son Lawrence the interest to his mine works. When Lawrence died, he left that interest to his brother George Washington. Lawrence Washingoton had one daughter who died in childhood (so he died without Issue), and his estate went to George Washington, including the iron works. If any whites worked in mines it was to supervise slaves. I doubt that anyone cared whether slaves worked in dangerous conditions. Slaves were by definition there to do manual labor, and work that was not considered suitable for a white man. Anita This information is kept by the Kenmore Foundation. http://www.kenmore.org/WashingtonFamilyInfo/augustine_wash_will.html _________________________________________________________________ PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best Web mail—award-winning Windows Live Hotmail. http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507