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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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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Historical mining district that included the Mogollon mining camp.
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Historical mining district that included the area of Mogollon camp.
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The Graphic mine shipped eight carloads of ore.
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Mining operation whose ore was shipped under the false name Pete Anderson to the El Paso smelter.
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Great Mining Activity is an event mentioned in the Mimbres Valley and Cooks Peak Region.
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The Greene-Cananea Copper Company conducts the most important operations in the Cananea camp.
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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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Father who walked from El Paso, Texas, to Silver City with two young children.
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A mining claim worked since 1888 that is now in dispute.
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The mine in Central where F. J. Sweeney was killed by falling earth.
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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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Huge gold nuggets were found in Montana, indicating a rich ledge still undiscovered.
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A miner, hunter, and prospector well known in Clifton, Arizona, and Alma, New Mexico, who escaped an Indian attack while traveling through the Navajo reservatio…
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A mine at Kingston owned by Col. Harris.
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Silver City was incorporated in April 1879.
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One of the Herd brothers present at the Modoc mine explosion, slightly injured.
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A Cooney prospector who left for Riverside, California, and owns a valuable block there.
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Discovered the Confidence, Bluebird, Blackbird, and Redbird mines near Mogollon.
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A miner employed for three years at the Oso Negro mine in Sonora who recounted a battle with Geronimo.
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A smelter in Kansas City that purchased a 57-pound piece of native silver for $514.98.
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A mine where Mr. Gudgin was working in a new air shaft when his accident occurred.
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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 where Alec Woodburn was shift boss.
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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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The ladies of Silver City are fond of horseback riding.
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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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Main street in Silver City where the runaway team and wagon came to a stop against a cottonwood above the Tremont House.
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Company that purchased a mill site from J. B. McPherson and planned to build a stamp mill.
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Mineral water analyzed by Elwyn Waller and sold by agent Grant Rivenburg.
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A meeting of miners was called in February 1881 for laying out a town.
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A modest religious building in early Silver City where John Bullard's funeral was held in February 1871, attended by nearly the entire town.
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Today's prices for Mexican gold.
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A Mexican miner who had not signed the pledge fell down a seventy-five-foot shaft and was rescued after singing 'We won’t go home till morning.'
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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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The mine where the gold pillar was extracted.
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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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A mining camp located in the county.
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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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