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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Attorney at Law with office over Silver City National Bank, Rooms 3 and 4, in Silver City, New Mexico.
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An attorney practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office in the Enterprise Building.
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Principal among the Boston capitalists who own the Santa Rita copper mines.
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Superintendent of the Mountain Key mine, target of attempted robbery.
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Judge Bennett is a person, but no further details about their life or actions are known from available records.
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Marcus Fuller is a person referenced in three sources, but no specific claims are recorded about him.
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Deming woman charged with robbing a man of two $20 gold pieces; held at hotel de Lockhart.
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Owner of the stage line from Silver City to Cooney who reported killings above Alma.
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An old timer at Pinos Altos who recounted the story of Arrastra Johnson and Judge Bennett, and pointed out the limb where Dan Diamond was hanged.
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Professor who was nearly drowned when his buggy was smashed crossing a gulch near Silver City.
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A Mexican man injured in an explosion at the Georgetown mines.
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The narrator who witnessed the gold discovery in the mine pillar and later visited Santa Fe.
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A popular young man from Georgetown who visited Silver City and had been employed by a New York mining company in South America.
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A mining company near Lordsburg, Grant county, N.M. that lost gasoline due to vandals opening an oil tank.
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Thomas Conway, also known as Scotty, is a person for whom no historical facts are available from the supplied claims.
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Man identified by coroner's jury as the shooter who killed Donaciano Gonzalez.
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A watch repairman who kept watches in Card's store without a safe.
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Murder victim from north Percha who formerly lived in Silver City.
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Listed as an arrival at Timmer House from El Paso.
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The man known for 'Adam's diggins' fame, reported to still be alive and living in Encinada.
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Installed as Senior Warden of Silver City Lodge No. 8.
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Owner of the Heffern Mining company's property
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Foreman of the Commercial mine who caused an accident by improperly running the engine.
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Man shot dead on the public road between Central and the Hall ranch.
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One of several men who shipped silver bullion in the old stage coach days.
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Person who died of grippe in Silver City.
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Deputy mineral surveyor and civil engineer in Silver City, New Mexico.
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One of several men who shipped silver bullion in the old stage coach days.
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The constable who escorted Caldwell to Silver City.
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A miner at Lake Valley who died after being struck by a stone.
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Three brothers who kept a dairy ranch on Whiskey Creek and discovered the Silver Cell mine.
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A miner working for the New Mexico Mining and Milling Company at Pyramid who was held up by Caldwell.
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A doctor and member of the ferry company killed by the Yuma Indians during the attack.
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Doctor who leased a copper mining claim to the Flagler outfit and tended to Woodward.
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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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Child aged 7 who died of tonsilitis in Silver City.
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E J Floersheim lost two elk teeth in gold mounting and offers a reward for their return.
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F. J. Sweeney was a person with no recorded details about his life, death, occupation, or residence.
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Francisco Villa commanded the soldiers who murdered foreign miners near Santa Isabel.
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Frank Parker was inspecting the Garfield and Ban Butler mines with James DeCourney and Noonan.
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Partner of T. B. Savage who planned to visit Switzerland after their successful silver strike.
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George H. Utter was a person for whom the historical record provides only that he was elected to an unknown office, arrested for an unknown reason, and acquitte…
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico in 1893.
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Installed as Senior Deacon of Silver City Lodge No. 8.
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Installed as Worshipful Master of Silver City Lodge No. 8.
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A Cornish miner who fought several men at the Centennial and was fined.
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An early Silver City merchant and civic leader who arrived in the 1870s and wrote memoirs covering frontier life.
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Resident honored with a surprise party on the occasion of his 55th anniversary, receiving a gold-headed ebony cane from his family.
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No specific facts about H. J. Hutchinson are recorded in the available claims.
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Died in Silver City before the fruition of his hopes on the Maud S mine.
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Hon L. Bradford Prince of Santa Fe is in Cerrillos overseeing his mining interests in the Cerrillos mining district.
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Old soldier and prospector who had a famous hand-to-hand fight with a she bear in May 1881.
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Member of the Pinos Altos ball team pictured in 1891.
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J. A. Lockhart is sheriff elect and has moved to Silver City.
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J A McDonald is a State Senator from Kelly, New Mexico, secretary of the New Mexico Zinc and Copper Company, and manager and large stockholder in the McDonald M…
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An attorney at law with an office over the Silver City National Bank in Silver City, New Mexico in 1893.
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James DeCourney, along with Noonan and Frank Parker, was inspecting the Garfield and Ban Butler mines yesterday.
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Foreman at the Oso Negro mine who led a volunteer party to hunt down Geronimo's band.
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Person who died of pneumonia in Silver City.
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Man who gave up his claim to a ranch to allow a town to be laid out.
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