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.
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The article describes pioneers struggling against adversities to reclaim a desert country.
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P. J. Dodd is a person, but no further historical information is available.
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An old man who finally took up the Mimbres crossing place after it had been unoccupied.
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The prosecuting attorney in the James Hiler murder trial.
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Attorney at Law with office at corner of Broadway and Main street in Silver City, New Mexico.
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A woman found dead in her dwelling, killed by a blow to the head with an ax.
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A teacher from Pinos Altos granted a certificate by the examining board.
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R. Kelley was a person whose occupation and residence are unknown. No further historical significance can be determined from available sources.
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R L Pftivoll is mentioned in a garbled article fragment about Silver City.
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An individual who accompanied Sheriff Whitehill to arrest desperadoes.
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One of a party of young men claimed to have made the Santa Fe trail in 1830.
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A bear hunter who accompanied Thomas Halloway on bear hunts in the Mogollon mountains.
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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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Rufus Greene was taken up by the sheriff and will be examined for insanity, believed to have lost his mind while working on a model of a flying machine.
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Samuel B. Smith and S. T. Bitting are sinking a discovery shaft on their copper claims.
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Dealer in American Block Coal based in Silver City area.
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Attorney at Law with office on Bullard Street in Silver City, New Mexico.
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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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Secondino Romero is mentioned as a potential Democratic nominee for governor who might have a chance of winning.
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Recipient of a concession of about 200,000 acres of mineral, timber, agricultural, and grazing land in Lower California.
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Prospected in 1876 and started the Cooney Camp mining boom.
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Shoot-em-up Dick was a person whose death and killer are unknown. No further historical significance can be determined from available information.
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Individuals who claimed ownership of a store that burned at Central.
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Individual from Deming who also claimed ownership of the store that burned at Central.
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The anonymous author of the quote who has been prospecting in the Southwest.
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S. T. Bitting and Samuel B. Smith are sinking a discovery shaft on their copper claims.
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Person who received a bill of sale for NAN cattle and ranch property for $21,000, accused by George F. Patrick of fraud.
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A storekeeper in Silver City called the reporter to discuss the hold-up.
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A West Point graduate and first lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery who established Mowry City about 1858.
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Tax Collector James of Cochise County is mentioned in connection with alleged failure to enforce tax collection from the Copper Queen Mining Company.
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A middle-aged woman who committed suicide by taking morphine at John M. Ginn's office.
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An unnamed woman who claims to be the wife of the injured prisoner and hired a doctor to treat him.
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A group of men who hunted and trapped along the river and claimed to be the first to boat the full length of the river.
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Attorney at Law with office upstairs in Exchange Building in Silver City, New Mexico.
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A Deputy Sheriff murdered by Pilar Perez on the Pinos Altos road near Silver City approximately two years before the hanging.
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Committee member who examined county financial records.
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Signatory of the mining meeting recommendation.
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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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Thomas S. Heflin is listed as an attorney at law with an office in the Exchange Building in Silver City.
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Three other suspected men left for Colorado after Peter Kavanaugh was discharged from the mine.
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A correspondent from Tombstone writing to the Globe Democrat recounts a personal story about purchasing bacon at an effective cost of $10,000 per pound.
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The available information is insufficient to determine Tom Findley's identity or historical significance.
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Committee member who examined county school superintendent records.
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Two men who accompanied Mr. Hardy for a silver watch and killed Moody and his son.
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Proprietor attending personally to patrons at the reopened Southern Hotel in Silver City.
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The person claiming ownership of a one-third interest in the ranch.
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Three unidentified males walking at the corner of Broadway and Bullard Streets in Silver City.
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An unidentified person exclaims about the burning sensation of alcohol, vowing never to drink again.
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A shoemaker replaced the miner's scalp and stitched it down.
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An excited individual arrived in Phoenix from Silver City in search of his fleeing wife and foreman.
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Husband of the murdered woman Lucy Croenne, who left for El Paso on Tuesday.
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Victorio is identified as the Head Chief of the Warm Spring Apache and is referenced in connection with another individual who is his in-law.
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Victor Sais, a prominent and wealthy sheep raiser, returned to the city after a trip to his Socorro County ranches.
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Vm F is mentioned in a garbled article fragment about Silver City.
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W. A. Jones arrived at Tremont House from Mineral Point, Wis.
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No specific biographical information about Walter Birchfield is known from the available claims.
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Committee member who examined county school superintendent records.
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Watts was a person whose occupation is unknown and who witnessed an unspecified event. No further historical significance can be determined from the available i…
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Signatory of the mining meeting recommendation.
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