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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Entity (likely a mining claim) over which considerable trouble has arisen.
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Signatory of the mining meeting recommendation.
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Reservation where the Adams party found gold and graves.
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Neff & Stevens was a hardware store in Silver City, Grant County, where Charles Fox worked as a clerk.
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Hardware store in Silver City where Manley purchased a pistol.
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Woman formerly of Silver City who was arrested in Montreal as a procuress.
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The probable institution from which the women graduated.
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Headquarters of the Silver City Mining and Milling Company and residence of several officers.
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Secretary of a group meeting at the Territorial Bank in Silver City.
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Gold nugget found Nov. 29, 1859 at Black Hills, weighing 45 pounds, sold for $10,800.
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A publication that contradicts the claim that Stephenson's party marked the Santa Fe trail route.
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Niles Register also contradicts the claim that the party marked the route.
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This appears to be a mining claim or property designation related to the Angora Ranch.
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A freight wagon team photographed leaving Silver City for the Mogollon and Cooney Mining District, labeled 'No. 19' in black ink below the image.
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Mine shaft from which old dump ore was taken.
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A gold nugget found at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, on March 5, 1855, weighing 47 pounds 7 ounces, sold for $11,420.
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Gold nugget found March 6, 1859 at Bakery Hill, weighing 50 pounds, worth $9,600.
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Gold nugget found March 5, 1855 at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, weighing 47 pounds 7 ounces, sold for $11,420.
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Gold nugget found Feb. 28, 1885 at Ballarat, weighing 30 pounds 2 pennyweights, sold for $7,365.
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Gold nugget found Feb. 3, 1853 at Ballarat, weighing 30 pounds, sold for $2,280.
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Gold nugget found Feb. 3, 1853 at Ballarat, weighing 30 pounds, sold for $8,360.
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Gold nugget found Jan. 20, 1853 in Canadian Gully, weighing 93 pounds 1 ounce 11 pennyweights, sold for $22,350.
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Gold nugget found Jan. 22, 1853 in Canadian Gully, Ballarat, weighing 84 pounds 3 ounces 15 pennyweights, sold for $29,236.
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Gold nugget found Feb. 7, 1874 at Eureka, Daulton's Flat, weighing 52 pounds 1 ounce, sold for $12,500.
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Gold nugget found Aug. 1, 1869 at Weebville, weighing 12 pounds, worth $2,280.
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Location near which the Amelia mine is located.
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The corner stone of the normal school building in Silver City is to be laid.
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Nueva Grandes Chihuahua Mexico is the residence of Senora Ella Bell Goldner, who claims to be the daughter of Nathaniel Bell.
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Assay company offering gold, silver, lead, and copper assays and buying rich ores and bullion.
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A well-known African American man formerly of Silver City who was shot and killed at Trinidad.
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A gathering on the Gila River attended by a large number of people including many families from Silver City.
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The location where the body was found on the Aztec mine.
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Post office employer of Streeter's brother in Silver City six years prior.
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The Onderdonk Live Stock company owns the Lamy grant where mines and coal and copper have been discovered.
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Interest in Nan Ranch claimed by George F. Patrick, subject of warning against purchase.
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Onyx is mentioned as a valuable deposit that prospectors have been passing over.
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An open cut at an incline of 45 degrees leading into the mine.
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A fraternal organization whose Grand Chapter presented a silver plaque to Mrs. Warren on its 25th anniversary.
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Mountain range where the Modoc mine is located.
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The original photographic negative with 'Bullard St. Looking North. Silver City N. M.' written on the bottom.
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A group or mining company associated with Herschberger and Lemcke.
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An accident while chopping a saw-log on Silver creek on the 14th of the month that caused Owen Hayes's death three days later.
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A gypsy woman claiming to be the queen of four tribes and daughter of the last king of the Pharisees.
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A mine in Pinos Altos that N. Y. Ancheta worked successfully.
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A mill that closed down after draining the Silver City Water Works reservoir.
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Mining area with Mexican shafts where Sheriff Whitehill fell in.
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Wife of Frank W. Smith, named in Mrs. Handy's claims about the doctor.
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Parent! made the first basket for the NMMI basketball team in a game against Texas Mines.
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The Patagonia Mountains in Arizona are the site of a reported gold ore strike in the Sunny Side claim.
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Pat Devine is a person, but no specific historical facts about them are available from the supplied claims.
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Pat Higgins was a person whose occupation and activities are not specified in available records. No further historical significance can be determined from the p…
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Pay ore is being developed on the Gold Frog Mining Company's group of claims.
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A claimant who filed a homestead entry.
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Member of the coroner's jury.
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This entity is a person classified as a peace officer, but no historical claims about death or killer are available.
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A bank in Kingston, New Mexico, with $30,000 paid-in capital, offering general banking services and deposits solicited from mines, miners, and business men.
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False name used by Jeff King to ship three cars of Graphic ore to the El Paso smelter.
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No verifiable historical claims about Peter Riggs exist in the available record.
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A man who ran down the Mexican who stole Ascarate's silver.
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Had a serious accident while hauling ore from the Kleptomania mine.
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