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 mine where the gold pillar was extracted.
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A mining camp located in the county.
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A mine in the Organ Mountains where a fatal explosion occurred.
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Mine where John Boyle was superintendent.
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Mine in Georgetown where Frank Lenoir fell 75 feet to his death.
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The Pacific mine at Pinos Altos where George Butler worked.
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The Plnetree Gulch camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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Mineral-rich mines mentioned in Mowry's memoir as part of the region that would become Grant County.
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Silver City Methodist Church was located at the northwest corner of Broadway and Bayard streets.
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The Silver City post office is located at the rear of a general merchandise store.
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Located at the base of Chihuahua Hill in Silver City.
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Smelter in Silver City where ore from the Cleveland Mine was shipped.
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Mining town in southern Colorado.
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The Snake mine is where Len Holderby is the new foreman.
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The district where the Lexington and Andrew Jackson claims are located.
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The mine in Pinos Altos where Carl Osber was fatally injured.
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Fierro is a well-established mining camp supplied by Silver City.
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Grant County is a place, but no specific historical facts about its discovery, ownership, or significance are known from the available sources.
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Leopold is a well-established mining camp supplied by Silver City.
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Original name for what became Silver City, New Mexico.
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Street in Silver City named in honor of Sheriff Bullard the previous spring.
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A mining camp located on Mineral Creek, half a mile below Queen Mill, associated with the Queen Consolidated mining operations.
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A rock formation in City of Rocks State Park between Silver City and Deming in southwestern New Mexico.
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Intersection where Montezuma Grocery and Liquor Company is located.
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Location where Lucy Garris resides.
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A waterway in a rugged mountainous canyon where Camp Cooney was situated.
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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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A creek located 5 miles above Mogollon, N. M., where the Herman Saw Mill was situated.
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Location of a big copper camp being built by Phelps-Dodge Company near the Burro Mountains.
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The article refers to Indian atrocities in the vicinity as things of the past.
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Alaska ranked third in U.S. gold production in 1911.
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The Argo camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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One of the gold mining districts where important mineral discoveries have recently been made.
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Chloride Flat, located four miles east of Silver City, New Mexico, was the site of the Breman Silver Mine and where Billy the Kid and his mother lived in 1878.
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Colorado is ranked seventh among copper-producing states in the U.S.
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One of the gold mining districts where important mineral discoveries have recently been made.
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Fort Cummings, also known as Cummings, is a place with two sources but no documented historical claims.
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Location of the Naiad mine and where Frank Lenoir had resided for two years.
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The Gibson camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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Preparations are underway to reopen old sulfur mines near Guadalupe, New Mexico.
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Mining operators from Nevada are negotiating to purchase placer grounds in the Hassayampa District, Arizona.
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Location of the first Silver City courthouse.
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Mines and coal and copper have recently been discovered on the Lamy grant owned by the Onderdonk Live Stock company.
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A miners exchange is planned to be established in Los Angeles.
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The Mogollon District in Socorro county showed a large gain in gold yield, making up 67% of the state gold yield in 1912.
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Montana is ranked second among copper-producing states in the U.S.
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The Monte Cristo camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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Nevada is ranked eighth among copper-producing states in the U.S.
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The Perry camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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Location of the New Mexico Mining and Milling Company where Doyle, Plunket, and Dougherty worked.
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The San Francisco camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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Socorro County is the location of Rosedale, where a rich gold strike occurred.
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The St Lazarus camp is one of the camps around Golden displaying great activity.
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A city working to secure subscriptions for $50,000 of stock in the Arizona Smelter company to attract the smelter.
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Tyrone is a place, but no further historical details are available from the provided claims.
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Utah is ranked fourth among copper-producing states in the U.S.
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A store in Silver City, New Mexico, located on Bullard Street, above which H. Harlee has his law office.
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A store on Bullard Street in Silver City above which H. Harllee has his office.
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A house located on the left side of Broadway Street in Silver City, visible in the early 20th century photograph.
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A silver mining camp also known by its earlier name Black Hawk, located near Saddle Rock canyon.
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