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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Citizen who escorted Thomas Harrington to Silver City by stage.
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A priest who married Chinese merchants and their intended wives in Silver City.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico.
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A witness for the homestead claim of Antonio Jose Mares.
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One of two men accused of deceiving and assaulting the Herring girls; suspected horse thief.
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No confirmed historical information about F. P. Whitehill is available; the six sources record no specific claims.
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One of the Misses Ott who attended the picnic at the Peerless mine.
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A figure associated with the early Spanish and Mexican period of the Santa Rita del Cobre mine.
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A witness for the homestead claim of Antonio Jose Mares.
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A man whose sack of silver dollars was stolen from a Santa Fe train at El Paso.
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Former clerk at the Timmer house who went to California to engage in mining.
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A prominent merchant of Magdalena who was brutally murdered and robbed on the evening of the 28th ult.
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Worker at Copper Point mine under Redding who was assaulted and later warned Redding of Manley's threats.
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Fred W Parker, a former British army captain and expert formerly employed by De Beers in South Africa, is prospecting in Montgomery County, Texas, and claims to…
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F. W. Smith was a person elected to an unknown office and worked for an unknown employer. No further historical significance can be determined from available in…
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G. B. Gillbett is listed as an attorney at law with an office on Main Street in Silver City.
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President of the Silver City Mining and Milling Company, based in New York City.
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George C. King was a ranchman who was killed at the Three Fk ranch near Silver City last July.
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A resident of Lone Mountain who was shot and killed by Robert Redding at Central City.
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A physician and surgeon practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office on the corner of Main Street and Broadway.
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Geo T. Kimball is listed as a physician and surgeon with an office on the corner of Main Street in Silver City.
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An attorney at law practicing in Silver City, New Mexico, with an office opposite the White Home Saloon.
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Givane is a proprietor of the Carthage Coal Mining Co.
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G. L. Hilton is a proprietor of the Carthage Coal Mining Company.
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Business partner of J.J. Taylor in Silver City blacksmith business.
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Physician and Surgeon with office over Gilbert's Store and at residence, answering calls night and day in Silver City, New Mexico.
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G. O. Smith is a person about whom no specific historical facts are available from the supplied claims.
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Governor Ross is a person with 4 source references, but no specific claims about occupation or activities are known.
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Governor of El Paso who was in the mountains looking at mines with Siebold and Dana.
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A resident of Silver City who was formerly in partnership with J. K. Taylor.
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Hal Williams was a person, but no further historical facts about him are known from the sourced claims.
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Brother of Ben Dorsey, resident of Silver City.
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No reliable information about Harry Classen is available from the provided sources.
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A man known as the 'Wild Dutchman of the Mogollons' who complained about tax collection practices.
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H C Boon was in town on Tuesday, en route from Silver City to Duncan.
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A miner from Kingston, New Mexico who committed suicide in Bisbee by taking morphine, about forty years old.
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One of a party of young men claimed to have made the Santa Fe trail in 1830.
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Henry Grey is a person mentioned in four historical sources, but no specific claims about his actions or significance are available.
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Herbert L. Russell is identified as a manager, possibly of a mining or business operation affected by events in Mexico.
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A youth from Silver City who acted in self-defense and wounded Albert Vega.
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Agent for Singer Sewing Machine Company, office on North Silver Avenue.
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An attorney at law with an office over Aaron Schutz's Store on Bullard Street in Silver City, New Mexico.
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An attorney at law with offices in Rooms 3 and 4 over Rosenberg's Store in the Sheridan Block, entrance on Broadway, Silver City, New Mexico.
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No substantive biographical information about H. H. Betts is available from the provided claims.
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A teacher from Deming granted a certificate by the examining board.
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Homestead entry claimant who made final proof in 1912 for land in New Mexico.
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Hugh Fox is a person about whom no specific historical facts are known from the available claims.
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Isidro Ancheta is a person for whom no specific historical claims are documented beyond his name and unknown ownership and witness status.
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Witness listed by claimant John R. Goffar for his land claim.
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A miner who warned settlers in the Frisco Valley after the Cooney Mine attack.
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Nickname for perpetrator of Whitechapel murders; Feigenbaum's attorney claimed Feigenbaum was Jack the Ripper.
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Sheriff-elect who filed a $250,000 bond and planned to attend to duties with his son's assistance.
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Signatory of the mining meeting recommendation.
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James Bullard was John Bullard's brother who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory with him in 1866 to seek their fortune as silver prospectors.
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James Burns of Gold Hill was in town last Friday.
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A miner who warned settlers in the Frisco Valley after the Cooney Mine attack.
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James Copley is a person for whom the only known sourced claims are that he fought in an unspecified conflict and was a member of an unspecified group, providin…
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A man badly hurt in the Commercial mine accident, with shattered hip and thigh bones.
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A train engineer for the Silver City, Pinos Altos and Mogollon Railroad around 1906.
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Listed as a guest at the Tremont Hotel from Gold Hill.
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