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 first public school building in Silver City is a two-story brick structure erected in 1882.
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Two-story brick building erected in 1882 in Silver City.
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After stripping off about four feet of loam, a four foot vein of rich placer gravel was encountered.
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The Garfield mine was inspected by James DeCourney, Noonan, and Frank Parker.
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One of four major mining districts documented in the survey.
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Gold production in New Mexico increased in 1913 compared to 1912.
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A gold and silver brick weighing 100 pounds and valued at $1500 was reported at the Wells Fargo office.
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Gold discovered in the late 1800s in the area of the Catwalk.
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Gold dust exchanged by Indians for beads pound for pound.
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A gold nugget as large as a thimble worth about twenty dollars found by Pricillano at Calamity Bar.
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Nugget containing $9 in gold found near Pinos Altos.
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Particles of gold discovered by the narrator in a hoof print while drinking water.
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A gold specimen the size of a fist worth $150 that the narrator picked.
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Two of Roosevelt's Rough Riders are at work on the Gold Standard mine near Golden.
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A handsome gold watch and chain valued at $300, a gift from a friend, taken during the burglary.
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Item the Mexican ranch employee claimed was stolen from him.
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Gold watches are mentioned as items sold by the filigree jeweler.
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The gold is worth $16 an ounce.
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The Good Luck Mine is a documented mine, but no information exists about its discovery or contents.
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Mining property in Carpenter district that sold for $1,000,000.
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The Graphic mine shipped eight carloads of ore.
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One of four major mining districts documented in the survey.
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The capacity of the Hayden smelter plant is being increased by 50 percent.
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A mining claim worked since 1888 that is now in dispute.
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A homestead claim made by Lee 0 Lester on July 27, 1910 is referenced in a land office notice.
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The house at the rear of the Silver City Methodist Church was still standing and in good repair, serving as the offices of Joseph W. Hodges, Attorney.
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A mine at Kingston owned by Col. Harris.
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Mine where Sandy McCorkle served as foreman.
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A mine at Clifton where Jim Cummings was employed.
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Mine discovered by Eli Mader and Capt. Burris, involved in a stock deal on the St. Louis market.
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A mine in the Kingston district with $900,000 in production.
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The article advertises shares in a large lead and silver mine available for purchase at 25 cents.
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Frank Vingoe's big mining property in the Mogollons, recently incorporated with 250,000 shares at $5 per share.
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The Lookout mine is a mining property on Trujillo Creek owned by Col Parker and J M Webster and leased by Andrew Head and Geo McKinney.
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Mineral water analyzed by Elwyn Waller and sold by agent Grant Rivenburg.
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Today's prices for Mexican gold.
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Silver from the narrator's mine that the Mexicans wanted.
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Carl Christofferson came in from the mica mine of the Topeka Mica Mining company.
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A collection of minerals and Indian relics offered by Otto Smith.
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A mineral claim is referred to in the husband's threat.
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Miners are mentioned as flocking into the area.
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Large stock of mining and milling machinery is carried by the company.
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Mining camps that would later become Grant County, described in Browne's account.
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A mining claim Redding sold to Manley and others on installment payments, source of their dispute.
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A mining deal of much importance to the Hillsboro district was recorded.
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The professionalization of mining engineering transformed borderlands economies.
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The Modoc mine was worked by Adams and Chas. Metcalfe as partners.
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Rich mineral found in chunks near Central City.
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Gold mines discovered by Myrick in Navajo country.
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An eighty-foot-deep air shaft being constructed at the Key mine where Mr. Gudgin fell.
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A strike of new placer ground was made by Robert Kirk in Santa Domingo gulch.
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The new saw mill on Silver Creek is owned by Herman & Wilkie and its site has been graded.
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A mine in the Arispe district, Sonora, owned by Tombstone parties, about 125 miles south of Tombstone.
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The Pacific Extension mine, owned by N. Bell, is producing a 1000-pound gold brick for an exhibit.
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Mine in Pinos Altos whose name will appear on the gold brick for the World's Fair.
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The picnic party was at the Peerless mine on Walnut Creek.
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Much development is being done on the Prolzmann group of mines near San Pedro.
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A public road between Pinos Altos and Silver City is in horrible condition and almost impassable.
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Mining lode where Eli Mader and Mr. Bulhman bonded a mine to eastern capitalists.
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A silver mine between Pinos Altos and Central owned by Judge J. Crockett Givens, yielding increasing ore values at depth.
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