COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Black Hills mining Nov 1876 - Newspaper transcriptions "Cheyenne Daily Leader"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 31 Black Hills mining Nov 1876
Item Description:
Black Hills mining Nov 1876 - Newspaper transcriptions "Cheyenne Daily Leader", Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 1-30, 1876
Date:
1876
Notes:
Owl Creek Coal Co. - Gebo (Hot Springs Co.) - Burnell, P. H. (Superintendent)
Notes:
gambling: chief attraction at Deadwood - faro is the principal game
Notes:
Foster, Charles - mysterious murder near Golden City (Dakota)
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:Florrmann, Robert - owner & opertor of Florence lode
Notes:
Sage Creek
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Ward, W. M. - former executive with Ward & Mason
Notes:
Balthoff, Mr. - inventor of Bolthoff ball pulverizer, an ore reducing invention of merit
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Clippinger, Mr. - Pony Express operator
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French, I. W.
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Chief of the Hills lode - property of Chief of the Hills Co.
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Nichols, Capt. - an owner of Father De Smet lode - other owners: Cornell & Ralston
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Whitney, Frank
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Penny, Mr. - one of the Alpha mine owners
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Douglas Creek
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Clara lode - owned by Detroit (Mich.) company
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McShane, A. G. & Reid, Robert - principal owners of dthe Rutherford B. Hayes lode
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Jenny's stockade
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Running Water (S. D.)
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Jenney, Prof. Walter P.
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School of Mines, Columbia College
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Cheyenne & Black Hills Stage Co.
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McGillycuddy, Dr. M. T.
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Wolf Mountains
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Mahlo, Emil
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Tuttle, Capt. - U. S. Navy - in chargee of astronomical branch of survey
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Red Valley - based on its color
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Belle Fourche or Beautiful Fork river
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Fearn, Lyman - State Inspector of Coal Mines at Rock Springs (Sweetwater Co.)
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Beagle & Foley - free gold bearing quartz
Notes:
Harney's Peak
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Crook's Tower
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Terry's Peak
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Inyan Kara - a lofty peak
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Wagner, Mr. - Grand Central Hotel proprietor
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Sidney (Neb.) - Union Pacific Railroad stop
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new Eldorado - or El Dorado
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Stokes, George - former business manager of Denver Tribune
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Floormann, Robert
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Bear Lodge Range - discovery of human skeletons - victims of Indians
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Moulton, G. B. - owner of the Hayes & Red Cloud lodes
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Beaver Creek
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Florence silver lode - Badre Butte district
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Stebbins, Post & Co.
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Potatoe Creek
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Bear Lodge
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Kiplinger, E. W.
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mines on Yellow Creek gulch: Nebraska, Eureka and Monitor
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Custer City (S. D.)
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Beaver Creek
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Gold Hill (Nev.)
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Big Horn Mountains
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Henderson, H. B . - part owner of the Caribou and lode
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Sioux Indians
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Durbin, John - Helphenstein & Durbin's meant market
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Black Hills Gold Mining Co. - owns Hidden Treasure gold lode near Deadwood
Notes:
results of topographical & geological survey of 1875
Notes:
Post, M. E.
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Deadwood (S. D.)
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Whipple, I. C. - Whipple & Hay
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Murrin, Col. Luke
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Cheyenne (Laramie Co.)
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Haas (Esq.), Herman
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Castle Creek
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other leading lodes: El Refugio, Cora, Buckeye Tunnel and Sitting Bull
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Rich Gulches Tributar to Rapid Creek
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Baronett, Jack
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Stokes, George
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Henckle, George - surveyor of Black Hills - Lawrence Co.
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Jenny's Stockade - Old Woman's Fork
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Wolf Mountains (S. D.)
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Bare Butte - silver mining district
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Galena (S. D.) - a town laid our Bear Creek gulch
Notes:
Gayville (S. D.) - near Hidden Treasure mine & Deadwood (S. D.)
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Harper, R. N. - Hot Springs Co. (assessor) at Thermopolis (Hot Springs Co.)
Notes:
Kearney & Crow peaks
Filename:
WPA Sub 31 BLACK HILLS - MINING - NOVEMBER 1876.pdf
Type:
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