Bailey, Deener

pictured in an early mining picture. F. R. Cobb appears in a photo of later years and in center of a photograph of early mining, worked in an Ottawa county Oklahoma mine in 1938. Other miners included ground boss Fred McCarkle, second from right, and Deener Bailey, right, plus two unknown miners. Paul Cobb, son of F. R. Cobb, is also pictured in a photograph, tells about his father, "He drilled all day in the lead and zinc mines. He would put in the dynamite and cut the fuses...at supper he would hear the shots go off...the next day he'd go in and start shoveling." Note: There is much more to the article, and the notation that he was the oldest living miner may not be accurate when checked with many of the other miners..