Miller, Postmaster at Black Hawk, Involved in 1889 Mail Loss
Around 1889, Postmaster Miller reported discovering the remains of nine registered letters near a coal pile after tramps alerted him; a watch and couple of checks were among the missing contents [4]. Miller stated he had placed $500 in gold in one package, intended for his money order account, which he would personally lose [3]. By July 1890, Milt Miller had been appointed postmaster at Black Hawk, though the government had yet to arrange mail delivery [1][2].
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- Milt Miller has been appointed postmaster… (1890)Milt Miller has been appointed postmaster at Black Hawk, but so far the government has failed to make arrangements for carrying of the mail.
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-07-18 (1890)Milt Miller has been appointed postmaster at Black Hawk, but so far the government has failed to make arrangements for carrying of the mail. The site for the new saw mill on Silver Creek has been graded …
- the present writing a mystery… (1889)the present writing a mystery. Just how much money there was in the registered letters is not known, but Postmaster Miller says that he had $500 in gold in one of the packages, which he was remitting to Albu…
- Wednesday morning some tramps came… (1889)Wednesday morning some tramps came into the postoffice and told Postmaster Miller that there was some mail on the ground down near the coal pile. Miller went down and dis- covered the remains of nine registered…