Edward Slagle: 3 books
by Edward Slagle
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The Betty O’Neal Mine was located on the western slope of the Shoshone Range, about twelve miles southeast of the town of Battle Mountain, in north-central Nevada. Discovered in 1877, and incorporated in California in 1879 by San Francisco investors, the mine went through a succession of interesting...
by Edward Slagle
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
As a sheriff he proved himself to be absolutely fearless, and turned one of the most lawless regions in California into one of the safest. A special agent for the federal government who knew him when Buel was in charge of an Indian reservation later said of him, “He was an honest Indian Agent—the...
by Edward Slagle
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
In the 1860s an immigrant from Holland, James Quirinus Cornelius van den Bosch, was the first to identify the silver ore that was to make central Nevada famous. He was a member of the team that made the first discovery of rich silver ore there. In addition, he perfected the technique that made that unique type of ore millable.