Charles Sweeny Senior father of Col.Charles Sweeny
Charles Sweeny was a prominent businessman in the Pacific Northwest who developed many mining and business concerns including The Federal Mining and Smelting Company.
Photos of the harsh living and working conditions of miners and prospectors and of the men who endured this life.
The lives of miners and prospectors involved grueling, backbreaking, and dangerous work with long hours and low pay. Especially in coal mining: workers and their families lived in company housing, sh...
Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
While we don't know what the first business transaction was, it is easy to imagine that thousands of years ago a good hunter bartered his excess meat for something more useful to him. In the history ...