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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Discovered turquoise mines in the Burros in 1875 while prospecting; informed Foley about them.
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Well known miner of Cooney, pioneer of Mogollon mines, died at Benton House in Silver City.
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Victim of cold-blooded murder, identified as a poor prospector.
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John Bullard was a silver prospector who arrived in southern New Mexico Territory in 1866, co-discovered a silver vein in 1870, and became a prominent citizen o…
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A miner discovered a streak of solid gold in a pillar.
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Eighteen American miners, all but one of the victims, were dragged from a train and murdered near Santa Isabel.
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Ed. Goldsmith is listed as an arrival at the Timmer House from San Francisco.
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Mining consultant and future capitalist who examined mines and obtained patents, based in Silver City.
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Miners who organized a militia company.
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Senora Ella Bell Goldner is a principal party in a legal battle over the estate of Nathaniel Bell, claiming to be his daughter.
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Texas Mines was the basketball team that played against NMMI.
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Two miners preparing to explore an old worked-out mine whom the narrator joined.
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A miner at Clifton who had his scalp torn off by a beam while riding an incline road.
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Doc Hines was a person who was arrested multiple times, fought in unknown conflicts, lived at unknown locations, owned several unknown items, and witnessed an u…
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A well-known citizen of Lone Mountain who shot and killed George W. Manley at Central City.
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Three miners who discovered a rich silver vein and worked it for many years.
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Pioneer of southwestern New Mexico who helped organize a hospital in Silver City's mining camp and died at age 90.
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A character in a story about lynching, from the New York Weekly.
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Foreman of the W. S. ranch at Alma who forced Witt to surrender at gunpoint.
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A prospector who cared for Mr. Emery after he broke his leg.
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Author who arrived as a youth in the 1880s and spent his life prospecting, mining, and exploring the Black Range, Mogollon Mountains, and Gila Country of Grant …
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A well-known miner of San Pedro District killed in a fall at the Allan Story turquoise mine.
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Former night boss at the Mountain Key mine arrested for stealing ore.
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An unnamed inmate in the Silver City jail was identified as one of the robbers of Pomeroy's stage arrested near Morenci in 1883, who bragged about robbing many …
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A Mexican miner who lost a leg and arm and later died from injuries.
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Adolph Goldberg had his toes crushed and knee fractured in the accident.
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Shift boss of the Kleptomania mine who found a dead body in an old shaft on the Aztec mine.
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A miner, slightly intoxicated, was injured in a mining accident at Clifton.
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C. S. Cooper, also known as Cooper, was a person referenced in five sources, but no specific biographical details are documented.
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Dr. Swisher is a graduate of the University of New York City in 1870 and a former U.S. Examining Surgeon in Socorro, New Mexico.
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Owner and incorporator of the Little Fannie mine in the Mogollons.
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A miner employed in the Pacific mine at Pinos Altos who was buried by a rock fall.
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Father who walked from El Paso, Texas, to Silver City with two young children.
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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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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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The ladies of Silver City are fond of horseback riding.
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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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The narrator describes a frightening experience involving a gun and a longing for home.
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Prospectors are advised to be on guard against Indians.
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A man killed by an explosion of blasting caps at the Modoc mine.
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Superintendent Sam Conger of the St Lazarus mine near Golden is approaching the dyke and expects a rich find.
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A miner, slightly intoxicated, was injured in an accident at Clifton.
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General manager of Hastings Lumber Co., first mayor of Silver City, territorial legislator, and militia major.
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A reliable gentleman from Silver City informed the Enterprise about the justice of peace at Central City.
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One of the Herd brothers present at the Modoc mine explosion, slightly injured.
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A man who held up three miners at gunpoint near Pyramid and was later remanded to county jail.
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Resident of Georgetown who committed suicide in Silver City while attending court as a witness.
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Co-discoverer of the Laclede mine with Eli Mader.
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Partner of Roland Adams in working the Modoc mine who took charge of his remains.
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Owner of the old Castilian Turquoise mine near Bonanza City who sold a turquoise nugget for $1,000.
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Owner of the Illinois mine at Kingston, involved in the Grey Eagle case and a physical altercation with Marcus Fuller.
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Of Nebraska; accidentally killed at Silver Creek in the Mogollons by slipping on ice.
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Cowboy who roped a silver-tipped bear with his lariat near Sierra Bonita ranch.
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Son of Col. A. J. Fountain of Las Cruces; fatally shot by Lucy Small; employed at the Kleptomania mine.
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Mining man shipping 18 tons per day of lead ore from the Alpha and Omega mine.
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A member of Stevens, Gardner & Co. killed by falling 75 feet down the Naiad mine in Georgetown.
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Former proprietor of the stage line between Pinos Altos and Silver City.
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