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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A man who arrived from East camp with a gold and silver brick.
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Burt D. Mason is a U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor and C.E. in Chloride.
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Of the Grand Central mining company; went over the Range Wednesday.
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Carl Christofferson came in from the mica mine of the Topeka Mica Mining company near Ribera.
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Grandson living in Silver City who provided the photo.
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A 47-year-old man killed by a premature mine blast.
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An old-timer killed by a premature blast explosion at the Western mine in Pinos Altos.
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C. Brown of Socorro, a mining engineer, is examining a zinc ore vein in the Hachita mountains.
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Person in Silver City, out of business, with an uncollected license from Aug. 1, 1889 to October 31, 1890.
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Explorer who located the Navajo mines and died at Ship Rock monument.
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Had a home on 6th St. behind the Academy of Our Lady of Lourdes in Silver City.
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Col. J. R. Adair arrived in Silver City from Pinos Altos during the past week.
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Col Parker co-owns the Lookout mine on Trujillo creek with J M Webster.
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The companions worked together with the narrator to extract gold from a mine.
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A Silver City demimonde woman who attacked Charles Allingham with a boulder.
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C. S. Kellih and wife made a trip to Silver City this week.
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C. S. Kellium and wife made a trip to Silver City this week.
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C. T. Brown is an agent for the Carthage Coal Mining Company in Socorro.
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Grandson living in Silver City.
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Listed as a guest from Gold Hill.
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Promoter of the Mountain Key company who recognized stolen gold at the bank.
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Dentield traveled with L. H. Miller to Silver City last Friday.
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Man from the Copper Dick mining claim who reported finding Hall Williams' body.
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A trustee of honor who was to receive 20,000,000 cruzados in gold upon his voyage to Brazil.
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Don Jose Tafolla arrived in Silver City from Canada during the past week.
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Investigated the Gonzalez killing case and volunteered to go to Silver City to obtain a warrant from Justice Isaac Givens.
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First postmaster of record in Silver City, whose drug store housed the post office.
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Dr Swisher is a graduate of the University of New York City and former U.S. Examining Surgeon in Socorro, New Mexico.
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Dr. Swisshelm is noted as a graduate of the University of New York City in 1875 and former U.S. Examining Surgeon in Socorro, New Mexico.
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A physician and surgeon in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office over Roberts Store and at his residence, available day and night.
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E B P Hart expects to leave for Silver City this evening.
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Erb Bernell arrived in Silver City from the county during the past week.
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Father John I. Hastings served as General Manager of the Breman Silver Mine on Chloride Flat from 1879 to 1883.
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A gambler who was killed by Apaches in the spring of 1882 while traveling from Silver City to Clifton.
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Fire Boss Keck entered the mine with Wm McCune and W P Allison carrying an open lamp, and was part of the rescue attempt following the explosion.
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Frank Ascara was robbed of a sack of silver dollars on a Santa Fe train at El Paso.
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Prisoner charged with shooting at different persons in Silver City.
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A resident of this city through whom Denver capitalists made inquiry about the Santa Rita copper mines.
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Steve Upton's former partner who died of yellow fever at Colon, Central America.
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Superior of the Order of Jesuits who received 20,000,000 cruzados in gold and allegedly buried the treasure in the vaults of his monastery.
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An attorney at law with an office on Bullard Street in Silver City, New Mexico in 1893.
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Gene Kirker was traveling from Tombstone to a mine when attacked by Indians, and his leg was later amputated.
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Mining engineer who examined and reported on the company's properties near Silver City.
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Geo McKinney has taken a lease on the Lookout mine owned by Col Parker and J M Webster on Trujillo creek.
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George D. Jones is a person, but no specific historical actions or significance are documented in the available sources.
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Owner of the Hearst Mining Company, which acquired the principal mining claims at Pinos Altos in 1882.
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George Linton arrived in Silver City from Hermosa during the past week.
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Wedding guest who gave a silver syrup pitcher.
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Presumed owners of the Eldorado Mining Company, described as now in this country.
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A prominent Chinese merchant from Tucson who married an American girl in Silver City.
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A person confined in Silver City jail whose horse Dick Huber used for a month or more.
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Co-owner of a gold mining claim at Hill End, New South Wales.
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Person in Silver City, out of business, with an uncollected license from May 1, 1889 to November 30, 1890.
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Henry Meyer owns a modern refrigerating plant on Gold Avenue in Deming.
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A physician and surgeon with an office in the second story of the Shoemaker Block in Silver City, New Mexico in 1893.
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An attorney at law with an office over Aaron Schutz's Store on Ballard Street in Silver City, New Mexico in 1893.
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A prospector who co-led the party that discovered gold at Bear Creek in 1860.
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H O Bursum is a State Senator from Socorro County, New Mexico, with interests in the New Mexico Zinc and Copper Company, alongside J A McDonald and Judge Mechem…
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The author or narrator who recounts the history of the Mogollon mining camp.
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Horace Seber arrived in Silver City from Hermosa during the past week.
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