Mining in Grant County, NM
Silver, copper, and gold mining was the economic engine of Grant County from the 1860s onward. Pinos Altos, the Santa Rita copper pit, and the Silver City silver boom drew miners, capital, and conflict.
People (27)
John Bullard was a silver prospector who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory in 1866, co-discovered a silver vein in 1870, and became a prominent citizen o…
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An attorney practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office in the Enterprise Building.
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A prospector who co-led the party that discovered gold at Bear Creek in 1860.
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Owner of the Hearst Mining Company, which acquired the principal mining claims at Pinos Altos in 1882.
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A prospector who co-led the party that discovered gold at Bear Creek in 1860.
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An attorney at law with an office in the Silver City National Bank building in Silver City, New Mexico.
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Richard Hudson was a prospector who, alongside John Bullard, discovered a rich silver vein in 1870 west of the Pinos Altos diggings.
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A saloon operator in Pinos Altos during the early 1870s mining revival who later relocated to Texas.
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A prospector who co-led the party that discovered gold at Bear Creek in 1860.
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Dona Ciano Baca of Antonchico, N.M., made a homestead entry and filed notice of intention to make final five-year proof on a land claim.
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A physician previously practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, whose former office rooms were occupied by LL T Williams.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico.
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A physician and surgeon practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office on the corner of Main Street and Broadway.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office opposite the White Home Saloon.
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An attorney at law with offices in Rooms 3 and 4 over Rosenberg's Store in the Sheridan Block, entrance on Broadway, Silver City, New Mexico.
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James Bullard was John Bullard's brother who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory with him in 1866 to seek their fortune as silver prospectors.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico.
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Jose Inez Jarcia of Antonchico, N.M., is named as a witness in Dona Ciano Baca's land claim.
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Juan Lucero y Romo of Antonchico, N.M., is named as a witness in Dona Ciano Baca's land claim.
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Juan Lucero y Villanueva of Villa Nueva, N.M., is named as a witness in Dona Ciano Baca's land claim.
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Leonardo Lucero of Villa Nueva, N.M., is named as a witness in Dona Ciano Baca's land claim.
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An attorney and counselor at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office in the Enterprise Building.
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A physician and surgeon practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office in Dr. Stephens' old rooms.
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Robt L M Ross is the U.S. Court Commissioner at Las Vegas, N.M., before whom the final proof for the land claim will be presented.
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An attorney at law with an office on Main Street in Silver City, New Mexico.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office on the corner of Broadway and Main Street.
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An attorney at law with an office upstairs in the Exchange Building in Silver City, New Mexico.
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Places (12)
Silver City is a town in southern New Mexico Territory founded in 1870 after a silver strike and incorporated the same year, becoming a settlement of significan…
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Pinos Altos is a mining area in southwestern New Mexico Territory, located east of the site where Bullard and Hudson discovered silver in 1870.
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Antonchico, N.M., is the residence of Dona Ciano Baca and some of the witnesses in the land claim.
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The creek where gold was discovered in 1860, sparking the Pinos Altos gold rush.
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Street in Silver City named in honor of Sheriff Bullard the previous spring.
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A building in Silver City, New Mexico, housing professional offices, including that of Thomas S Heflin.
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A commercial establishment in Silver City, New Mexico, located in the Sheridan Block with an entrance on Broadway.
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A commercial building in Silver City, New Mexico, housing offices above Rosenberg's Store.
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The region where John and James Bullard arrived in 1866, encompassing areas such as Silver City and Pinos Altos during the post-Civil War mining boom.
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Villa Nueva, N.M., is the residence of two witnesses in the land claim.
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A saloon in Silver City, New Mexico, located opposite the office of Gideon D Bantz.
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Fort Bayard, New Mexico, is the site of United States Veterans Hospital No. 65, a former frontier military post turned modern hospital for tubercular ex-service…
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Organizations (4)
A mining company owned by George Hearst that acquired the principal claims at Pinos Altos in 1882 and operated them through the 1890s.
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A modest religious building in early Silver City where John Bullard's funeral was held in February 1871, attended by nearly the entire town.
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A financial institution in Silver City, New Mexico, housing professional offices, including that of James S Fiedler.
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A building in Silver City, New Mexico, housing professional offices, including that of JJKIL W RIGHT.
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Things (2)
The original silver mining claim from which the town of Silver City takes its name, co-located by Sheriff Bullard.
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This is the specific parcel of land for which Dona Ciano Baca filed a homestead claim.
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