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Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

sagetrout — 2011-11-28 21:25:48Z

My information is that Sewall Atherton died February 1, 1941, presumably from natural causes and not a mining accident. He is buried at Wild Rose Cemetery, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana.

Whether the others you name are related I'm not sure.

Doug

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

shepard999 — 2011-11-28 21:19:14Z

These are a couple of nonfatal mining accidents I have in my database:
1916MAR6 ATHERTON, C H COCHISE county
1906JUN7 ATHERTON, THOMAS CARBON county

I may have a little more information on these accidents if interested.

I have no information on Sewall Atherton.

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

sagetrout — 2011-11-28 18:55:38Z

I lost track of Sewall after he left Arizona for Montana. I didn't know about the second marriage to Anna Victoria. Would be interested in learning what you know about the marriage and names of children and descendants. Please reply by private email to sagetrout@aol.com.

Thanks,
Doug

ARIZONA MINING ACCIDENTS, 1912-1929

shepard999 — 2011-11-11 23:12:10Z

ARIZONA MINING ACCIDENTS, 1912-1929, nonfatal and fatal; with miner’s name, can provide date and mine name or county of location.

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mining Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

pardoarch1 — 2011-09-29 22:50:09Z

I know he was married to an Anna Victoria Atherton (don't know her maiden name), after his wife committed suicide and before he married my great-grandmother. But I couldn't find any dates for their marriage or any subsequent marriages? Did you run across any information in your research?

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

sagetrout — 2011-09-29 17:43:58Z

Thanks Jerry. I don't recall the specifics of Sewall Atherton's death but there was no relation of his named Thomas Atherton.

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

shepard999 — 2011-09-29 17:07:49Z

I have a nonfatal accident record for a Thomas Atherton in Crabon county, MT, 1906Jun7. This was a major mine disaster in which 8 died and 7 were injured.

If interested, I can provide more information.

from Jerry

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

sagetrout — 2011-09-29 16:26:55Z

I was able to trace Sewall Atherton to Montana where he died. Thanks for your info.

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

shepard999 — 2011-09-28 14:31:51Z

Doug,

Silver mining in Arizona occurrred primarily in Cochise, Gila and Pinal counties.

Perhaps you can find help on these web sites:

http://www.linkpendium.com/

https://beta.familysearch.org/ “LDS Family Search” If you place your browser on the name on the left, more information comes up.

http://www.findagrave.com/

http://www.deathindexes.com/

from Jerry
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mine Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining

pardoarch1 — 2011-09-27 22:32:25Z

My great-grandmother, Leonora Robbins Mitchell Snodderly, married a man by the name of Sewall T. Atherton in Potrerillos, Chile sometime between 1929 and 1936. He was her third husband. He was an engineer who was working for the Anaconda Copper Company, out of Butte, Montana. There was a copper mine there in the Atacama Desert, which is where he met and married my great-grandmother. According to family history he had previously worked in Russia, where he married a woman to help her get out of Russia.
He died on Feb. 1, 1941 and is buried in Thompson Falls, Montana, in Wild Rose Cemetery.
My mother may have his passport. She remembers him fondly. She was a teenager when he died.
Lynn Guarch-Pardo

Re: miners

shepard999 — 2010-06-06 02:42:13Z

Date of Accident / Name of Person / County / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Page / Reference Source / Report Year

1919JAN15 ARMITT, DAVID COCHISE N 34 5 1919
1916FEB26 PORTER, ED Swansea Arizona Mines N 80 5 1916
1928JUL19 PORTER, ED COCHISE N 31 5 1928
1919OCT1 PORTER, ROBERT J COCHISE N 35 5 1919

If any of the above are of interest to you, get back with me. I do have a little more information about these specific accidents.

My database only covers reports for the years 1912-1929.

Digitized copies of these reports may be viewed on-line through the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records website. http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/statep... Check page & text, then highlight year, and click GO

From Jerry,
http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Jerry-Sherard/ “Mine Accidents U.S., Canada and Australia”

Re: Janie Brown - Silverbell Mine - Arizona

tcbphoto — 2009-08-10 18:23:19Z

Thank you for your reply. I have sent out messages to the e-mail provided. It would be great to get in touch with you. tcbphoto@yahoo.com or tcbphoto@msn.com

Re: Janie Brown - Silverbell Mine - Arizona

tcbphoto1 — 2009-07-23 02:51:17Z

It is fantastic to hear from you! I have sent an e-mail to the address provided. I hope to have a reply when you have time.

Re: Janie Brown - Silverbell Mine - Arizona

SCHMITTHDS — 2009-07-22 20:30:07Z

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Re: Ignacio Valenzuela mine accident Jerome 1913

bescalante_1 — 2009-03-20 23:07:03Z

Thank you so much! I did not see this until today. It is indeed the Ignacio I was looking for. I am grateful to know the exact date and will be able to find more info because of it.

Barbara

Re: Ignacio Valenzuela mine accident Jerome 1913

shepard999 — 2009-01-03 14:28:22Z

Barbara:
Below is a list of VALENZUELAs that I have in my Arizona mining accident database:

Date of Accident / Name of Person / County / F=Fatal or N=Nonfatal / Page / Reference Source / Report Year
1921JUL19 VALENZUEIA, FRANCISCO PIMA N 36 5 1921
1929APR19 VALENZUELA, A PINAL N 50 5 1929
1920OCT24 VALENZUELA, ALEX COCHISE N 31 5 1920
1917MAY15 VALENZUELA, ALFREDO COCHISE N 70 5 1917
1919AUG13 VALENZUELA, BANTISTA COCHISE N 64 5 1919
1919JUN21 VALENZUELA, BAPTISTA COCHISE N 63 5 1919
1926NOV18 VALENZUELA, CAT. YAVAPAI N 67 5 1926
1920APR20 VALENZUELA, CHRISTIAN GILA N 37 5 1920
1919JAN17 VALENZUELA, CIPRIANO PINAL N 46 5 1919
1923MAY18 VALENZUELA, DESIDERIO COCHISE N 45 5 1923
1928NOV27 VALENZUELA, E GILA N 38 5 1928
1923JUN23 VALENZUELA, EUGENIO YAVAPAI N 29 5 1923
1920JAN28 VALENZUELA, FCO. PIMA N 41 5 1920
1918JAN9 VALENZUELA, FRANC COCHISE N 68 5 1918
1914JUN15 VALENZUELA, FRANK COCHISE N 41 5 1914
1923DEC26 VALENZUELA, GOFGONIA PINAL N 31 5 1924
1925NOV5 VALENZUELA, J PINAL N 43 5 1925
1919JUN22 VALENZUELA, JESUS GILA N 57 5 1919
1920APR3 VALENZUELA, JESUS COCHISE N 48 5 1920
1920JUL19 VALENZUELA, JESUS COCHISE N 50 5 1920
1924MAY7 VALENZUELA, JESUS MOHAVE N 63 5 1924
1927JUN15 VALENZUELA, JESUS PINAL N 47 5 1927
1919MAY19 VALENZUELA, JOSE COCHISE N 62 5 1919
1921JUN11 VALENZUELA, JOSE A GILA N 34 5 1921
1919SEP14 VALENZUELA, JUAN COCHISE N 44 5 1920
1920MAR20 VALENZUELA, JUAN COCHISE N 31 5 1920
1920OCT8 VALENZUELA, LUIS COCHISE N 31 5 1920
1915AUG2 VALENZUELA, M PINAL F 69 5 1915
1919DEC15 VALENZUELA, MIGUEL PINAL N 34 5 1920
1921JUN28 VALENZUELA, MIGUEL PINAL N 33 5 1921
1926OCT27 VALENZUELA, R YAVAPAI N 67 5 1926
1919JAN5 VALENZUELA, TOMAS GREENLEE N 27 5 1919
1920MAR1 VALENZUELA, TOMAS GREENLEE N 23 5 1920
1923AUG6 VALENZUELA, TOMAS GILA F 65 5 1923
1922OCT16 VANENZUELA, IGNACIO COCHISE N 37 5 1922

If any of the above are of interest to you, get back with me. I do have a little more information about these specific accidents.

My database only covers reports for the years 1912-1929. Digitized copies of these reports may be viewed on-line through the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records website. http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/statep... Check page & text, then highlight year, and click GO

Source:
1915 Annual Report of the State Mine Inspector of the State of Arizona, page 69
United Verde Copper Company, Jerome, Yavapai county, AZ, December 11, 1914, Ygnacio Valenzuela, Fell two floors striking on some timbers and crushing his side, fatal accident

These Arizona reports are usually found under Library Call Number TN24.A6 A3. In the state of Arizona, the best sources for these reports are: The Arizona State University Library in Tempe, the University of Arizona Library in Tucson, and the Arizona State Library of in Phoenix. These reports may not only contain names and details for fatal and non-fatal accidents, but also cover strikes, details of mining operations at specific mines, location of the mines, pictures, production and operation details for specific mines.

I suspect this is the Ignacio Valenzuela that you are looking for, they just misspelled his first name. This is all the information that I have on this accident. A newspaper article or obituary probably would provide more information.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html# "LDS Family Search" I see he and maybe other relatives are listed in the 1900 census.

from Jerry
email: shepard364@gmail.com

Ignacio Valenzuela mine accident Jerome 1913

bescalante_1 — 2009-01-03 06:04:05Z

I am looking for any information on Ignacio Valenzuela who died in a mine accident in Jerome,AZ in 1913. His wife Ernestine died in 1906. They had 2 children; Alfredo and Sarah. Is there a way to find records from the Jerome mines? Would there be a story or an obituary anywhere? I have searched the available public records on line.

Thanks;

Barbara

Re: Searching for Dan Taylor in mining Az between 1870 to 1915

suerutman — 2007-09-21 17:55:34Z

Are you still interested in this thread? I have loads of info on the Gunsight Mine, perhaps some info on Dan Taylor.

Book - Underground life in the San Manuel Copper Mine in Arizona

JoellenBrown27 — 2006-06-23 21:27:45Z

Here is a link to a new book - A Memoir of Underground Life in the San Manuel Copper Mine takes the reader inside the San Manuel Copper Mine in Arizona.

"Mother Magma", by Onofre Tafoya

http://www.hisi.org/mother_magma.html

Fatality reports link through MSHA - back to 1995

JoellenBrown27 — 2006-02-08 17:29:48Z

The Mine Safety and Health Administration posts it's fatality reports going back to 1995 at the following location:

http://www.msha.gov/fatals/fab.htm

Hunt's and Stacey's Claypool are Insperation Minning Co.

ABHunt — 2005-06-30 16:57:01Z

Just curious if anyone have more info in this area. I have a few picture of folks from this are in 1915 to 1924. There are a couple ladies pictured with my great grandmother I ahve no clue who they are.

I have posted picture of owner White Horse Mine and picture of smoke stack in either Graham or GreenLee county forum.

Janie Brown - Silverbell Mine - Arizona

tcbphoto — 2004-11-21 03:23:40Z

Looking for a needle in a haystack here. Looking for information on Janie Brown born about 1940. The information I have says that she was married, possibly to a Hispanic, and lived in the Silverbell Mining area near Tucson, Arizona. I have been told that she may have died of cancer shortly after marriage. Her parents were James Elmer Brown and Pearl Brown (Jones). SIblings include: Jean, Joanne, Sandra, and Leroy.
If anyone knows anything about her, or other family members, please reply.

Re: Sewall Atherton - Silver Mining