Death Valley Historic Resource Study A History of Mining

1. Mining World, 20 January 1906, p. 59. Mining & Scientific Press, 29 August 1908, p. 298.

2. San Bernardino Argus, 10 July 1873. San Bernardino Guardian, 16 August, 1 November 1873. Inyo Independent, 29 September 1905. Bullfrog Miner, 23 March 1906.

3. Inyo Independent, 21 April, 5 May, 29 September, 3 November, 15 December 1905. Rhyolite Herald, 20 October, 8 & 22 December 1905. S. H. Ball, A Geologic Reconnaissance in Southwestern Nevada and Eastern California, USGS Bulletin #308, (1907--field work done in June-December 1905), p. 173. Map, Gold Center: The Future City of the Bullfrog Mining District, Nevada, 1905.

4. Bullfrog Miner, 12 January, 9 & 23 March, 1 June, 13 July 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 19 January, 9 February, 13 & 20 April, 4 May, 1 & 8 June, 6 July 1906. Mining World, 7 July 1906, p. 23.

5. Bullfrog Miner, 15 February, 20 April, 14 December 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 5 April, 20 December 1907; 4 December 1909. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 26 December 1907.

6. Rhyolite Herald, 1, 15 & 22 January, 12 & 26 February, 30 March, 30 April, 28 May, 25 June, 30 July, 6, 13 & 20 August, 3 & 10 September, 15 October 1910.

7. Rhyolite Herald, 8 & 15 April, 2 & 20 May, 12 August, 2 September, 28 October, 11 November, 23 December 1911; 10 February, 30 March, 8 June 1912.

8. Arthur S. Eakle, et at., "Mines and Mineral Resources of Alpine County, Inyo County, Mono County," USGS Bulletin #285, (1917), pp. 72-73. Inyo Independent, 8 April, 2 September 1922; 20 November 1926; 1 August, 21 November 1931. Mining Journal, 15 November 1928; p. 32; 15 December 1928, p. 30; 15 June 1941, p. 22; 15 November 1941, p. 20. M. J. Brown, Mining Activities in Central and Southern Nevada (1935), p. 7. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, pp. 391-92; October 1957, pp. 461-62. Memorandum, Superintendent Death Valley National Monument to Director National Park Service, 6 April 1960.

9. Inyo Register, 19 May, 30 June, 4 August 1904. Inyo Independent, 20 & 27 May, 24 June, 29 July 1904; 3 March 1905.

10. Engineering & Mining Journal, 17 April 1905, p. 837. Inyo Independent, 16 June, 3 November 1905. Inyo Register, 27 Jul 1905. Rhyolite Herald, 15 & 22 September, 3 November, 15 December 1905.

11. Bullfrog Miner, 12 January, 30 March, 6 & 27 April 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 26 January, 23 February, 2 & 30 March, 6 April 1906. Inyo independent, 23 February 1906. Inyo Register, 15 March 1906.

12. Rhyolite Herald, 27 April, 4 May, 8 & 29 June 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 4 & 11 May, 17 August 1906; 14 September 1907. Inyo Independent, 14 September 1906.

13. Rhyolite Herald, 28 September, 21 December 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 2 November, 7 December 1906.

14. Rhyolite Herald, 4 & 18 January, 8 February, 29 March, 5 & 12 April, 25 October, 1, 15 & 29 November, 6 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 1 February, 8 March, 5 April, 10 May, 6, 13 & 27 July, 10 & 17 August, 7, 14 & 28 September, 12 & 26 October, 16 November 1907. Inyo independent, 10 May 1907. Mining World, 20 July 1907, p. 121. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 27 September, 14 October, 12 November 1907.

15. Bullfrog Miner, 7 & 21 December 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 27 December 1907. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 12 November 1907. Inyo Register, 14 November 1907.

16. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 9 January, 5, 15, 20 & 28 February, 20 & 31 March 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 11 January, 8 February, 7 & 28 March 1908. Inyo Register, 13 February 1908.

17. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 4 & 6 April, 4 May 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 4 & 18 April, 2 & 9 May, 6, 13 & 27 June 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 29 April, 6 & 20 May, 3 & 24 June, 8 & 29 July, 5 August 1908.

18. Rhyolite Herald, 5 & 26 August, 23 September, 7 October 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 15 & 29 August, 5 September, 3 October 1908. Mining & Scientific Press, 29 August 1908, p. 298. Engineering & Mining Journal, 5 September 1908, pp. 487-88.

19. Rhyolite Herald, 14 & 28 October, 11 & 18 November, 2 December 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 17 & 31 October, 7 & 21 November 1908. Inyo Register, 12 & 19 November 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 5 December 1908. Goldfield Chronicle quoted in Rhyolite Herald of 14 October 1908.

20. Bullfrog Miner, 5 & 19 December 1908; 2 & 23 January, 6 February, 6 & 20 March 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 16 & 30.December 1908; 6 January, 10 & 24 February, 10, 17 & 24 March 1909; Pictorial Supplement, March 199. Inyo Register 24 December 1908. Engineering & Mining Journal, 9 January 1909, p. 120. Mining World, 30 March 1909, p. 190. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 1 March 1909.

21. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 13 & 14 April, 22 May 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 14 & 21 April, 5, 19, & 26 May, 2 June 1909. Bullfrog Miner, 24 April, 22 May 1909.

22. Rhyolite Herald, 23 June, 7 & 31 July, 14 August, 2, 23 & 30 October, 13, 20 & 27 November, 18 & 25 December 1909; 8 January, 12 & 26 February 1910. Bullfrog Miner, 12 & 19 June, 10 & 31 July, 14 August, 4 & 17 September 1909.

23. Rhyolite Herald, 5 February, 5 March, 9 & 23 April, 7 May, 4 & 11 June, 23 July, 10 September, 1 & 29 October, 17 December 1910. Inyo Register, 11 August, 20 October 1910. Mining World, 21 January 1911, p. 152.

24. Rhyolite Herald, 15 April, 13 & 20 May, 3 & 24 June, 1, 8 & 15 July, 5 & 12 August, 2, 16 & 30 September, 21 & 28 October, 11 November 1911; 6 January 1912. Inyo Register, 25 May, 28 September 1911; 8 February 1912. Mining World, 27 January 1912, p. 207. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, pp. 402-03.

25. Rhyolite Herald, 27 January, 10 & 24 February, 9, 16 & 23 March, 6, 13 & 27 April, 18 & 25 May, 1, 8 & 22 June 1912. Happily, the Rhyolite Herald did not survive to see the closure of the Keane Wonder Mine, for the Herald had itself closed on June 22, 1912. Mining World, 24 February 1912, p. 471. Inyo Register, 25 April, 22 August 1912.

26. Inyo Register, 5 June 1913 1 & 29 January, 19 February, 4 June 1914; 25 November 1915. Mining World, 12 July 1913, p. 74; 2 January 1915, p. 34; 13 November 1915, p. 786; 27 November 1915; p. 868; 18 December 1915, p. 990; 5 February 1916, p. 296; 29 July 1916, p. 205. 15th Report of the California State Mineralogist, December 1917, p. 79. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, pp. 402-03.

27. Edna Perkins, White Heart of the Mojave, p. 101. 22d Report of the California State Mineralogist, October 1926, p. 470. Mining Journal, 30 August 1930, p. 36; 30 April 1940, p. 20; 30 September 1940, p. 22; 15 June 1941, p. 22; 30 March 1942, p. 21. M. J. Brown, Mining Activities in Central and Southern Nevada, p. 8. Coen correspondence, June 1935 to November 1937, Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office Files. T. B. Nolan, "Nonferrous-metal Deposits," USGS Bulletin #871 (1936), p. 36. Inyo independent, 18 March 1938; 17 May 1940; 20 June, 25 July 1941. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, pp. 402-03; July-October 1957, p. 481. Desert Magazine, May 1942, pp. 5-7. Memorandum, Superintendent of Death Valley National Monument to Director, National Park Service, 6 April 1960. David Jones, "Appraisal of Mineral Interest Inherent in the Keane Wonder Patented Mining Property," National Park Service, April 1971.

28. Inyo Independent, 5 February, 1 April, 3, 17 & 24 June, 8 July 1904. Inyo Register, 30 June, 4 August 1904.

29. Rhyolite Herald, 22 September, 3, 17 & 24 November, 1 & 22 December 1905. Inyo Independent, 3 November 1905. Inyo Register, 23 November 1905.

30. Rhyolite Herald, 5 & 12 January, 21 September, 19 October, 14 & 31 December 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 30 March, 6 April, 9 November, 7 & 14 December 1906. Inyo Independent, 15 June 1906.

31. Rhyolite Herald, 4, 11 & 18 January, 1 February, 1 March, 5 April, 29 November 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 11 January, 8 February, 13 July, 23 November 1907. Mining World, 20 April 1907, p. 518. Nye County Recorder's Office, 1907 Assessment Roll, Rhyolite.

32. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 14 February, 23 April, 1 May 1908. Inyo Independent, 17 April 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 18 April, 19 September, 19 October 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 19 August 1908.

33. Bullfrog Miner, 16 January, 14 & 28 August 1909. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 20 January 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 24 February, 17 March, 9 June, 30 October 1909; Pictorial Supplement, March 1909.

34. Rhyolite Herald, 1 January, 26 February, 30 April, 4 June 1910; 29 April, 20 May, 26 August, 9 September, 21 October 1911; 27 January 1912. Inyo Independent, 18 February, 1 July 1910; 7 June 1912. Inyo Register, 10 May, 16 June 1910. Engineering & Mining Journal, 18 June 1910, p. 1292. Mining World, 24 February 1912, p. 471.

35. Coen Correspondence, 1935-37, Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office files. Inyo Independent, 8 March 1940. Mining Journal, 15 March 1940, p. 20. California Journal of Mines & Geology, July-October 1952, p. 454. R. L. Richie, The Directory of Nevada Mines (1940), p. 15.

36. Rhyolite Herald, 25 November, 2 December 1908; 7 & 21 April, 20 & 27 November, 25 December 1909. Bullfrog Miner, 28 November, 26 December 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 23 December 1908; 5 March, 5 April, 18 May 1909. Inyo Independent, 27 November, 4, 18 & 25 December 1908; 26 March, 9 April, 14 May, 25 June, 19 November 1909; 18 February, 1 April 1910. Inyo Register, 8 April 1909; 24 & 31 March 1910. "The People of the State of California vs. John Cyty," copy of appeal, November 12, 1909, District Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, State of California.

37. Rhyolite Herald, 4 February, 11 March, 1, 15 & 22 April, 12 August, 16 September, 14 October, 25 November 1911. Mining & Scientific Press, 1 April 1911, p. 475.

38. Edna Perkins, White Heart of the Mojave, pp. 104-05. Inyo Independent, 27 November, 11 December 1926. Nye County Recorder's Office, 1921-1944 Assessment Rolls, Rhyolite, Beatty.

39. Inyo independent, 18 August, 29 September 1905. Rhyolite Herald, 13 October 1905. Bullfrog Miner, 18 January 1908.

40. Rhyolite Herald, 11 August 1905; 26 January, 9 February, 2 March, 3 August 1906; 4 & 25 January, 8 & 29 March, 12 April, 11 October 1907; 30 September, 30 December 1908; 24 March, 14 April, 28 August 1909; 26 February, 30 April, 20 August, 2 December 1910; 4 May, 28 October 1911. Bullfrog Miner, 16 & 23 March, 6, 13 & 27 April, 7 September 1906; 29 March, 15 June, 20 July, 21 December 1907; 21 March, 2 April, 26 December 1908; 20 February, 13 March, 10 July 1909. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 26 September 1907. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol. 8, pp. 248, 513. Handbook on Nevada Mines p. 21.

41. Inyo Independent, 29 July 1904. Rhyolite Herald, 8 December 1905; 5 & 26 January, 16 & 30 March, 13 April, 11 May 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 12 January, 9, 16, 23 & 30 March, 6, 13, 20 & 27 April, 4 & 11 May, 3 August, 7 September 1906.

42. Rhyolite Herald, 4 January, 27 December 1907; 11 November 1908; 18 January 1910; 27 January 1912. Bullfrog Miner, 1 February, 8 March, 14 & 28 December 1907; 19 October 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 22 January 1908.

43. Rhyolite Herald, 22 November 1907; 10 June, 15 & 29 July, 19 & 26 August, 9, 16 & 30 September, 14 & 21 October, 18 & 25 November 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 8 & 24 February 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 14, 21 & 28 March, 4, 11 & 18 April, 2, 16, & 30 May, 6 & 13 June, 1 & 15 August, 3 & 10 October, 7, 14, 21 & 28 November 1908.

44. Bullfrog Miner, 5 & 26 December 1908; 2 & 9 January, 20 & 27 March, 17 April, 8 May, 31 July 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 2, 9 & 16 December 1908; 6, 13 & 27 January, 3 & 31 March, 7 & 28 April, 5, 12 & 19 May, 16 October 1909; 19 February, 1 & 29 October 1910. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 11 & 26 December 1908; 8 April 1909.

45. Bullfrog Miner, 19 September, 26 December 1908.

46. Rhyolite Herald, 15 December 1905; 19 January 1906; 17 March, 19 May, 9 June, 7 August 1909; 7 & 28 May, 11 & 25 June, 27 August, 10 September 15, October 1910; 29 April, 24 June 1911; 10 February, 4 May 1912. Bullfrog Miner, 27 April 1906.

47. Memorandum for File, Robert Mitchum, Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office, 10 June 1975.

48. Inyo Independent, 2 February 1878. Bullfrog Miner, 23 February, 16 & 23 March, 20 April, 28 September 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 23 March, 20 April, 21 September 1906; 31 March, 21 April, 9 October 1909; 15 October 1910; 15 April 1911; 3 February 1912. Inyo Register, 24 May 1906. S. H. Ball, A Geologic Reconnaissance in Southwestern Nevada and Eastern California, p. 174. Coen Correspondence, Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office Files, 1935-1937.

49. Inyo Independent, 31 March, 20 October 1905. Bullfrog Miner, 8 February 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 6 October, 7 November 1905; 22 February 1907.

50. Bullfrog Miner, 12 January, 23 March, 13 & 20 April,30 November, 21 December 1906. Rhyolite Herald 5 January, 23 February, 13 April, 29 June, 19 October, 9 & 16 November,21 December 1906. Inyo independent, 3 August 1906. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol. 9, p. 412.

51. Rhyolite Herald, 4, 18 & 25 January, 1, 15 & 22 February, 8, 15 & 22 March, 5 & 26 April, 18 October, 8 & 15 November, 6 & 20 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 4 January, 1, 8, 15 & 22 February, 1 & 8 March, 5, 12 & 19 April, 3, 10, 17 & 24 May, 8 June, 6 & 20 July, 3, 24 & 31 August, 14 September, 5 & 12 October, 28 December 1907. Inyo Independent, 24 May 1907. University of Nevada, Reno, Manuscripts Collection #NC35, Account Book of John S. Cook Bank.

52. Bullfrog Miner, 4, 11, 18 & 25 January, 1, 11 & 29 February, 7 March, 18 April, 8 & 15 August, 3 October 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 10 June, 2 September, 4 November, 2 & 9 December 1908. Inyo Independent, 8 May 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 10 December 1908. Death Valley Magazine, January 1908.

53. Bullfrog Miner, 6 February, 1 May, 14 August, 11 September 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 13 January, 26 May, 4 September, 6 November 1909; 26 February, 10 September 1910; 28 January, 25 February, 2 December 1911; 6 & 13 January, 27 April 1912. Inyo Independent, 8 May 1909, 7 June 1912. Inyo Register, 2 June, 11 August, 8 September, 20 October 1910; 28 September 1911; 7 June 1912. Mining Journal, 30 June 1940, p. 41. Mining World, 11 January 1913, p. 74. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, p. 395. Index to Proof of Labor, Inyo County Recorder's Office, Lee Jumbo Mining Company, 17 June 1909.

54. Bullfrog Miner, 30 November 1906; 4 January, 1 & 15 February, 1 & 8 March, 3 May 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 4, 11 & 25 January, 1, 8 & 15 February, 1 & 22 March, 5 & 19 April 1907. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 June 1907. Plat of Lee Townsite, 5 March 1907.

55. Bullfrog Miner, 19 April, 3 & 17 May, 15 & 29 June, 20 & 27 July, 3, 10, & 17 August 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 26 April 1907. Inyo Independent, 26 April, 10 May, 28 June, 2 August 1907.

56. Bullfrog Miner, 21 & 28 September, 12 & 26 October, 16 November 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 11 & 18 October, 20 & 27 December 1907. Pacific Miner, November 1907, pp. 14-15.

57. Inyo Register, 20 October 1910; 1 June, 28 September 1911. Rhyolite Herald, 10 Jun, 11 & 25 November, 2 December 1908; 28 January 1911; 13 January 1912.

58. Inyo Independent, 2 March 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 23 February, 23 March 1906; 8 & 15 February, 1 & 15 March 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 23 February 1906; 1, 8, 22 & 29 March 1907. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Foreign: #2001/2-1907.

59. University of Nevada, Reno, Manuscripts Collection #NC-35, Account book of John S. Cook bank. Inyo Independent, 2 August 1907. Daily Bulletin, 26 October 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 5 & 12 April, 22 November, 6 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 5 April, 3, 10, 17 & 24 May, 8, 15 & 22 June, 6, 20 & 27 July, 3 & 17 August, 7, 14, & 21 September, 5 & 18 October, 16 November, 21 December 1907.

60. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 28 December 1908. Engineering & Mining Journal, 25 January 1908, p. 230. Mining World, 1 February 1908, p. 231. Inyo Independent, 31 May, 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 18 January, 13 June, 5 December 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 29 April, 10 June, 9 December 1908.

61. Bullfrog Miner, 9 January, 6 February, 10 & 24 April, 14 August 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 3 February 1909.

62. Rhyolite Herald, 19 February, 5 & 19 March, 23 April, 14 & 21 May, 18 June, 2 July, 13 August, 10 September, 15 October, 26 November, 17 December 1910; 11 March, 2 December 1911; 6 January 1912. "Appraisal of Mineral Interests Inherent in the Hayseed-Stateline Group at Lee Camp, California," Paul H. Knowles, National Park Service, San Francisco, June 23, 1972. Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office files.

63. Rhyolite Herald, 26 May, 14 July, 11 August, 3 November, 22 December 1905; 12 January 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 12 January 1906; 1 March 1907.

64. Rhyolite Herald, 2 February, 2 March, 20 April, 8 June, 31 August, 28 September, 19 October, 9 November 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 6 April, 17 August 1906.

65. Rhyolite Herald, 4 & 18 January, 1, 8, 15 & 22 February, 15 March, 5, 12 & 26 April, 6 & 13 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 8 & 22 February, 1 & 8 March, 5 & 12 April, 17 May, 29 June, 3 & 31 August, 21 September, 5 & 12 October 1907. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 24 September 1907. Inyo Register, 12 September 1907.

66. Harpers Weekly Advertiser, 11 April 1908, p. 35. Bullfrog Miner, 28 March, 11 July, 7 November 1908; 24 April, 14 August, 4 & 11 September 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 10 June, 1 26 August 1908; 7 April, 20 November 1909; 1 January 1910; 27 January 1912.

67. Inyo Independent, 8 September, 13 October 1928; 6 August 1937; 18 March 1938, 10 February 1939, 9 August 1940. California Journal of Mines & Geology, October 1938, pp. 399-401; January 1940, p. 24. Memorandum, Death Valley National Monument Superintendent to Director, National Park Service, April 1960. "Appraisal of Mineral Interests Inherent in the Inyo Mines Claim Group," National Park Service, January 1975.

68. Rhyolite Herald, 28 December 1906; 11 & 18 January, 22 February, 5 & 26 April 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 28 December 1906; 4, 11 & 25 January, 1 & 22 February, 1, 8, 15 & 29 March, 12 April 1907. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 10, p. 397. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 15 March, 1 June 1907. University of Nevada Reno, Manuscripts Collection #NC35, Account Book of John S. Cook bank.

69. Rhyolite Herald, 22 March, 26 April 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 3 May 1907. Inyo Independent, 10 May 1907.