by Sharon Hall | Jun 18, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
In 1880 five prospectors, “Skookum Joe” Anderson, c.c. Snow, Eugene Ervin, Pony McPartland, and David Jones, discovered gold in the Judith Mountains near Lewiston, Montana. There are at least two theories as to how the mining town they founded got its...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 16, 2014 | Mining History Monday
During the nineteenth century thousands of people headed west to find their fortunes, but in 1865 gold was discovered in an unexpected place – in northern Minnesota, just south of the Canadian border. The discovery was more or less accidental since the original...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 14, 2014 | Surname Saturday
Like many surnames of Early or Middle English origin, the spelling of the Keep surname evolved over time. These names were recorded, beginning in the fourteenth century: Walter Kep (1230) John Kepe (1290) William atte Kep (1290) Thomas ate Kepe (1327) Robert de Keepe...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 11, 2014 | Digging History Magazine, Ghost Town Wednesday
The area around what became known as Valentine, Arizona was established in 1898 when President William McKinley set aside land for an Indian School. By the way, if you missed Monday’s article about “Henry P. Ewing, The Blind Miner,” check it out here. Henry was...
by Sharon Hall | Jun 9, 2014 | Mining History Monday
While researching possible topics for today’s article, I was thinking perhaps mining history and then ran across a link to a story about a blind miner in Mohave County, Arizona. Hmm … that sounds interesting, so I researched a bit further. Just the story about...
