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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An attorney at law with an office on Main Street in Silver City, New Mexico.
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A geology-tour guide covering roads and landscapes of southwestern New Mexico including Grant County.
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Store on Bullard St. where the Silver City post office was moved after O. L. Scott became postmaster.
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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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This is the legal description of the land claimed by Moses Prnukham in the New Mexico Meridian.
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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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A flag with a white field and red border, bearing one gold star and one blue star, representing casualties and alumni in service.
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Amount a Mexican ranch employee claimed was stolen from him.
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Sheldon Block is part of the address for the Mine Mill and Smelter Supply House.
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A commercial building in Silver City, New Mexico, housing offices above Rosenberg's Store.
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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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A significant structure in Silver City, documented in the survey of architectural heritage.
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Gold nugget found Feb. 27, 1862, weighing 26 pounds, sold for $5,240.
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Hospital where the injured miners were taken for care.
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One of the hospitals examined by the committee.
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Skelly brothers claimed the store in Central that burned.
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Individuals who claimed ownership of a store that burned at Central.
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Location where Pricillano found a large gold nugget.
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Individual from Deming who also claimed ownership of the store that burned at Central.
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Location near where the Tombstone correspondent purchased a mining property.
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Continent where Upton and Whitney visited several mining sections.
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The Sonora Development Company is improving its mining properties in south central Sonora.
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Region with mining camps electrified by Myrick's mineral specimens.
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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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Southwestern New Mexico is the general region where mining activity is reported.
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The anonymous author of the quote who has been prospecting in the Southwest.
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Mentioned as the location west of which gold mining districts are located.
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The historical period in Grant county when Mowry City was a resort for road agents targeting silver bullion shipments.
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S. T. Bitting and Samuel B. Smith are sinking a discovery shaft on their copper claims.
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A mountain range where the Carlisle mine is located.
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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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The McKlnley Gold Mining company works on their property in the upper part of the St Lazarus gulch.
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A storekeeper in Silver City called the reporter to discuss the hold-up.
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Mining property showing remarkable prosperity.
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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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Tennessee is ranked sixth among copper-producing states in the U.S.
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A middle-aged woman who committed suicide by taking morphine at John M. Ginn's office.
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A bank in Silver City where a group meets every Wednesday night.
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Corner location of Gee Lung's Chinese store in Silver City.
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A holiday during which John Gardner visited Silver City.
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The Champion was a mining claim whose sale was associated with Kilgore's death.
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The committee is an organization, but no further information about it is available from the supplied claims.
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The district is a place for which no specific historical facts are recorded in the available sources.
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Hauled by horses to near the mine.
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A mine at Pinos Altos where a drilling accident triggered an explosion.
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A mine with an 80-foot deep air shaft where Mr. Gudgin had his accident.
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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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Property over which T.P. Martin and the defendants claim an interest, subject of the lawsuit in Taos County.
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The city where the funeral took place.
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The county where the mining-camp is located.
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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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