Death Valley Historic Resource Study A History of Mining

1. Inyo Independent, 5 & 19 May, 9 June, 8 September 1905; Bullfrog Miner, 2 November 1906.

2. Inyo Independent, 9 June, B September, 15 December 1905; 31 May 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 23 June 1905; 16 March, 4 May, 23 June 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 9 & 30 March, 4 May, 1 June, 1 & 13 July 1906. Inyo Register, 31 May, 12 July 1906. Engineering & Mining Journal, 2 June 1906, p. 1068. Mining World, 17 March 1906, p. 365,

3. Bullfrog Miner, 13, 20 & 27 July, 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 August 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 20 & 27 July, 3, 10, 17 & 31 August 1906. Inyo Independent, 3, 10, 24 & 31 August 1906. Inyo Register, 16 August 1906. Greenwater Times, 23 October 1906. Engineering & Mining Journal, 18 August 1906, p. 319. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 9, pp. 199, 245, 270. Inyo County Courthouse, Plat of Greenwater, 13 August 1906.

4. Inyo Register, 6 & 20 September 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 7, 21 & 28 September 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 14, 21 & 28 September 1906. Inyo Independent, 14 & 21 September 1906. Mining World, 5 September 1906, p. 359. Engineering & Mining Journal, 22 September 1906, p. 559. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 9, pp. 219, 322, 358.

5. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 January 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 5 & 26 October, 2, 9, 16 & 23 November, 7, 14, 2 & 28 December 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 12, 19 & 26 October, 2 November, 14 December 1906. Inyo independent, 12 & 26 October, 30 November, 21 December 1906. Inyo Register, 15 November, 20 & 27 December 1906. Greenwater Times, 23 October, 6 November 1906. Engineering & Mining Journal, 27 October 1906, p. 787; 24 November 1906, p. 989; 15 December 1906, pp. 1105-6; 22 December 1906, p. 1187. Beatty Bullfrog Miner, 8 December 1906. Mining World, 15 December 1906, pp. 719-21. University of Nevada, Reno, Manuscripts Coll. #NC35, Account of Pittsburgh-Greenwater Mining Company with John S. Cookbank of Rhyolite. California Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 197, p. 156. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 9, pp. 435, 587, 634, 697; Vol 10, pp. 7, 10, 54, 81, 97, 103, 290; Articles of Incorporation, Foreign: #103r1906, 170-1/2-1906, 3161/2-1906.

6. Rhyolite Herald, 28 December 1906; 4 January, 8 February 1907. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 & 15 January, 1 & 15 February 1907. Inyo Independent, 4 & 18 January 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 11 & 25 January, 8, 15 & 22 February 1907. Engineering & Mining Journal, 12 January 1907, pp. 77-82, 107; 26 January 1907, p. 205; 2 February 1907, p. 304; 16 February 1907, p. 349. Mining World, 26 January 1907, pp. 138, 144. Inyo Register, 31 January 1907. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 10, p. 429. Inyo County Courthouse, Plat of New Greenwater, 11 January 1907. C. G. Glasscock, Gold in Them Hills, (1932), p. 269. Greenwater Times and Greenwater Miner quoted in Inyo Register, 31 January 1907. Goldfield Gossip quoted in Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 15 February 1907.

7. Rhyolite Herald, 1 March 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 8 & 29 March, 19 & 28 April 1907. Death Valley Chuck-Walla 1 & 15 March, 1 & 15 April 1907. Inyo Register, 15 March 1907. Inyo Independent, 22 March 1907.

8. Bullfrog Miner, 1, 7 & 24 May, 8 & 29 June, 13 July, 2 & 23 November 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 13 December 1907. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 15 May, 1 June 1907. Inyo Independent, 7 & 28 June, 13 September 1907. Inyo Register, 4 July, 17 & 24 October 1907. Engineering & Mining Journal, 15 June 1907, p. 116; 19 October 1907, pp. 727, 754; 23 November 1907, p. 992. University of Nevada, Reno, Manuscript Collection #NC35, Account of Greenwater Lumber Yard with John S. Cook Bank of Rhyolite. Greenwater Times and Greenwater Miner quoted in Bullfrog Miner, 8 & 15 June 1907. Las Vegas Age quoted in Myrick, Railroads of Nevada II, 603.

9. Bullfrog Miner, 25 January, 7 March, 4 April, 6, 13 & 27 June, 8, 15 & 29 August, 3 October 1908. Rhyolite Herald 27 May, 10 & 17 June, 29 July, 9 & 30 December 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 19 & 24 February 1908. Inyo Register, 18 June 1908. Inyo Independent, 12 June 1908. Mining & Scientific Press, 29 August 1908, p. 298. Engineering & Mining Journal, 11 July 1908, p. 101. California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin #50, September 1908, pp. 299-324.

10. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 8 January, 15 & 18 February 1909. Bullfrog Miner, 6 & 20 February, 10 April, 11 September 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 1 & 17 March, 11 September 1909, Inyo Register, 4 November 1909.

11. Mining World, 22 January 1910, p. 172. Inyo Register, 2 June 1910. Rhyolite Herald, 25 June 1910. Arthur Eakle, Mines and Mineral Resources of Alpine County, Inyo County Mono County, pp. 66-69. T. B. Nolan, "Nonferrous-Metal Deposits," p. 37. C.

12. Rhyolite Herald, 23 June 1905; 16 March, 20-27 July, 3 August, 7-14 September, 12 October 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 9 March, 13 April, 18 May, 1 June, 1327 July, 17 August, 28 September, 2 November, 1906. Beatty Bullfrog Miner, 8 December 1906. Greenwater Times, 23 October, 8 November 1906. Inyo Register, 12 July, 11 October, 15 November 1906. Inyo Independent, 5 May, 9 June 1905; 31 August, 19 October, 21 December 1906. Mining World, 17 March 1906, p. 305; 15 September 1906, p. 359; 15 December 1906, pp. 719-21. Engineering & Mining Journal, 2 June 1906, p. 1068.

13. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 + 15 January, 15 February, 1 + 15 March, 1 + 15 April, 1 + 15 May, 1 June 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 4 January, 8 November, 13 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 11 January, 19 April, 31 May, 10 + 28 October, 9 November 1907. Inyo Register, 24 October 1907. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 4 November 1907. Engineering & Mining Journal, 12 January 1907, pp. 77-82; 21 December 1907, p. 1189. Mining World, 21 December 1907, pp. 1087-88.

14. Mining World, 31 October 1908, p. 683. Bullfrog Miner, 25 January, 7 March, 4 + 25 April, 9 May, 6 + 13 June, 11 July, 8 + 15 August, 3 October 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 27 May, 29 July, 4 November 1908; 17 March, 19 May 1909. Inyo Register, 10 June 1910.

15. Rhyolite Herald, 4 May, 17 August, 28 September, 12 October, 28 December 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 30 March, 13 July, 10, 17 + 24 August, 7, 21 + 28 September, 5 + 26 October 1906, Inyo independent, 10 August, 21 September, 12, 19 + 26 October, 2 November 1906. Inyo Register, 12 July, 23 August, 13 September, 11 October 1906. Greenwater Times, 6 November 1906. Engineering & Mining Journal, 25 August 1906, p. 371; 15 December 1906, p. 1138. Mining World, 15 September 1906, p. 359; 15 December 1906, pp. 719-21.

16. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1+15 January, 15 February, 1 + 15 March, 15 April, 15 May 1907, Rhyolite Herald, 4 January, 1 March, 13 December 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 8 March, 19 + 26 April, 31 May, 22 June, 13 July, 2 + 9 November 1907. Inyo Independent, 8 February 1907. Inyo Register, 24 October 1907. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 4 November 1907. Engineering & Mining Journal, 12 January 1907, pp. 77-82; 11 May 1907, p. 925; 27 July 1907, p. 182. California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin #50, September 1908, pp. 299-324.

17. Bullfrog Miner, 11 + 25 January, 7 March, 4 + 25 April, 9 May, 6 + 20 June, 11 July, 8 + 15 August 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 27 May, 10 + 17 June, 29 July, 12 August, 9 + 30 December 1908. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 24 December 1908. Inyo Register, 5 March, 18 June 1908. Engineering & Mining Journal, 11 July 1908, p. 101. Mining World, 31 October 1908, p. 683.

18. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 4 + 18 January, 15 February, 1 + 15 March, 12 April, 3 May 1909. Bullfrog Miner, 6 + 20 February, 10 April, 15 May, 11 September 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 3 + 10 March, 12 + 26 May, 24 July, 11 + 18 September, 13 November 1909; 8 + 15 January 1910. Inyo Independent, 9 April 1909. Inyo Register, 21 October, 4 November 1909; 2 June 1910. Mining World, 30 January 1909, p. 190. Fort the further adventures of the Greenwater Death Valley Copper Mines & Smelting Company and its subsidiary companies after the abandonment of the Greenwater District, see the following: Rhyolite Herald, 12 November 1910; 7 January 1911; 24 February 1912. Mining World, 21 October 1911, p. 812; 9 November 1912, pp. 858-9; 21 August 1915, p. 304.

19. Bullfrog Miner, 16 November 1906; 26 April 1907. Inyo Independent, 21 December 1906. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 January, 15 February, 1 + 15 March, 1 + 15 April, 1 May 1907.

20. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 15 February, 1 March, 15 April, May 1907.

21. Rhyolite Herald, 17 August, 21 & 28 September, 19 October, 16 November 1906. Bullfrog Miner, 24 & 31 August, 21 & 28 September, 5 October, 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 November, 7, 21 & 28 December 1906. Greenwater Times, 23 October, 6 November 1906. Inyo Independent, 2 November 1906. Mining World, 15 December 1906, pp. 719-21. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 9, pp. 435, 676, 697.

22. Death Valley Chuck-Walla 15 February, 1 & 15 March, 1 & 15 April, 1 May, 1 June 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 15 February, 1, 8 & 29 March, 10, 17, 24 & 31 May, 8 & 15 June 1907. Inyo Independent, 10 May 1907. Inyo County Courthouse, Plat of Willow Creek townsite, 7 May 1907.

23. Bullfrog Miner, 22 June, 6, 13, 20 & 27 July, 10 & 17 August, 28 September, 5, 19 & 26 October, 2, 9, 16 & 23 November, 21 & 28 December 1907. Rhyolite Herald, 18 October, 22 November, 6 & 27 December 1907; Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 12, 16 & 30 October, 7 & 30 November, 4 & 24 December 1907. Inyo Register, 25 July 1907. Inyo Independent, 2 & 16 August, 11 October 1907. Nevada Secretary of State, Articles of Incorporation, Vol 13, pp. 77, 503; Vol 14, p. 627. Inyo County Court House, Plat of Gold Valley townsite, 4 August 1907.

24. Bullfrog Miner, 4, 11 & 25 January, 29 February, 21 & 28 March, 4 & 18 April, 9 & 30 May, 6 & 13 June 1908; 9 January 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 8 July, 9 December 1908; 1 January 1910. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 7 & 21 January, 24 February, 26 March 1908; 4 January 1909. Inyo Register, 6 February 1908. Inyo Independent, 14 February, 20 March, 3 April 1908.

25. Mining & Scientific Press, 8 May 1886, p. 310; 12 June 1886, p. 396. Mining World, 10 November 1906, p. 582; 15 December 1906, p. 720. Greenwater Times, 23 October 1906. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 June 1907. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 25 September 1907. Inyo Independent, 3 July 1908. Rhyolite Herald, 8 & 22 December 1905; 22 November 1907; 29 April, 17 June 1908. Bullfrog Miner, 7 September, 23 November, 7 December 1906; 1 February, 1 March, 10 May, 8, 15 & 29 June, 5 October, 16 November, 14 December 1907; 21 March, 2 May, 20 June 1908.

26. Greenwater Times, 23 October 1906. Mining, World, 10 November 1906, p. 582; 15 December 1906, p. 720. Inyo Independent, 21 December 1906, Engineering & Mining Journal, 22 December 1906, p. 1187. Rhyolite Herald, 22 May 1908.

27. Engineering & Mining Journal, 26 August 1908, p. 371; 13 February 1909, p. 380. Mining World, 10 November 1906, p. 582, Greenwater Times, 23 October 1906. Rhyolite Herald, 1 February, 18 October, 8 November, 27 December 1907; 29 April, 9 & 30, December 1908; 11 January, 17 February, 18 September 1909; 22 April 1911. Bullfrog Miner, 6 July, 19 October, 2 November 1907; 9 May 1908; 16 January, 22 May 1909. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 16 & 30 October 1907; 15 February 1909. Inyo Register, 14 February, 6 March 1908. Inyo Register, 8 February 1912. Memorandum, Superintendent Death Valley National Monument to Director National Park Service, 6 April 1960.

28. Inyo Independent, 2 November 1909; 12 November 1921; 5 November 1937; 31 May 1940. Inyo Register, 27 January 1912; 14 January, 29 July, 26 August 1915. Mining Journal, 15 August 1938, p. 21. California State Mineralogist, XV Report (1917), pp. 78-79; XXII Report (October 1926), p. 469. California Journal of Mines & Geology October 1938, p. 383; January 1940, p. 22; January 1951, p. 39; July-October 1959, p. 475. T. B. Nolan, "Nonferrous-Metal Deposits," p. 40. Glasscock, Here's Death Valley, pp. 252-52. Letter, Golden Treasure Mines, Inc., to Bureau of Public Roads, State of California, 15 May 1935, Death Valley National Monument, Mining Office Files.

29. Mining & Scientific Press, 18 January 1896, p. 50 16 May 1896, p. 402. Inyo Register, 28 November 1895, 2 January, 27 February, 7 May 1896; 4 February, 6 May 1897; 2 June 1910; 1 June 1911; 29 July 1913. Inyo Independent, 31 July, 2 October 1896; 26 February 1897; 14 October 1898; 12 July 1901; 10 June 1904; 28 November 1925. Mining World, 18 September 1909, p. 614; 18 March 1916, p. 580. Death Valley Chuck-Walla, 1 May 1907. Engineering & Mining Journal, 6 February 1897, p. 14. Rhyolite Daily Bulletin, 16 October 1907. Bullfrog Miner, 22 May 1909. Rhyolite Herald, 4 & 18 September, 16 October 1909. Mining Journal, 15 November 1941, p. 22. California State Mineralogist, XXII Report, 1926. California Journal Mines & Geology, October 1938, p. 393; January 1951, p. 40. R. J. Fairbanks, "My Seventy-three Years on Southwestern Deserts," Touring Topics (June 1930), pp. 20-26. W. C. Mendenhall, Some Desert Watering Places in Southeastern California and Southwestern Nevada, USGS Water Supply Paper #224 (1909), p. 39. David G. Thompson, Routes to Desert Watering Places in the Mohave Desert Region California, USGS Water Supply Paper #490-B (1921), pp. 197-99.

30. Thompson, Desert Watering Places, pp. 197-99. Margaret Long, "The Woman of Death Valley," mss, Colorado University Manuscripts Collection, #281-(8). T. S. Palmer, ed., Place Names of the Death Valley Region in California and Nevada (1948), p. 12.