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The Prospector and His Burro - The Faulty Ladder (1910 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"In all of the cases of criminal carelessness connected with mining operation," continued the prospector, "the faulty ladder generally leads to the greatest number of accidents and deaths; and yet, in many mines, such death-traps are allowed to exist long after they are known to be dangerous,,,"

The Lost Ledge (1869 Adventures in the Apache Country)

This account of the search for a lost silver vein in Death Valley was written in the 1860s and tells the background story of what became known as the legend of the "Lost Breyfogle Mine".

The Prospector and His Burro - Another Lost Bonanza (1909 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"You say you have been thinking of 'lost mines' again, and that you are of the opinion you could go back to a discovery you had made, even if years ago. Well, a burro might do this, but the average prospector can't..."

How an Alcalde Was Once Deposed (1885 Mining Camps – A Study in American Frontier Government)

This fascinating true account from the early 1850s Oregon placer mines describes how miners got justice for an injured fellow through the establishment of a frontier court of law.

George Witherell Hung (1888 Newspaper)

This article recounts the lynching of a murderer from Ironton who was accused of killing two Swedish miners.

The Prospector and His Burro - Stock Manipulation (1910 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"In the mining game, as I have told you before, there are a number of get-rich quick methods that are not sanctioned by Blackstone, or authorized by mine conditions; and yet I can point out a number of mining men, even in this camp, whose properties are not paying running expenses, upon whose stock assessments are regularly levied, and who, notwithstanding these discouraging circumstances, are able to own the highest-priced autos, who are constantly investing in valuable real estate, and who always have plenty of money."

"Fooled the Robbers" - an Incident of the Days of Stagecoach Holdups (1909 Newspaper)

The Trick by Which the Old Time Mining Man of Colorado Saved Himself and Sacrificed His Fellow Travelers

The Prospector and His Burro - Roving and Hermit Prospectors (1907 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"There are two types of prospectors," said the prospector to his burro; "The 'roving' prospector and the 'hermit' prospector. The former is sometimes styled the 'desert rat,' and this is the class to which you and I belong to."

The Greatest Fire in a Mine (1895 Newspaper)

Ths 1895 article recounts a devastating 1869 mine fire at Gold Hill, Nevada: "The damage caused by the great fire was never fully repaired. Some of the closed galleries were never reopened and a number of bodies, if not consumed in the furnace, remain at this day in the crypts where the miners were entombed by the fallen roofs of the galleries."

A Tour through the Mining District (1859 The Rocky Mountain News)

This 1859 article provides interesting details on the various mines and camps that were the first established in Colorado–locations like Gold Hill, Russels, and Mountain City.

The Old-Time Prospector Is Being Crowded off the Globe (1923 The Salt Lake Mining Review)

"Here and there about the states may be found ex-prospectors, men who can still make "sourdough" bread, turn a hot cake, a pair of eggs or a rasher of bacon by merely flipping the skillet, "an' without losin' a drop o' grease," are still to be met, but they have no successors."

The Prospector and His Burro - The Tenderfoot (1916 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"It is a wonderful thing," said the prospector to his burro, "what strange ideas the masses of the people have regarding the source of gold and silver. I have conversed with eastern tenderfeet on this subject, and, according to their way of thinking, all that was necessary to get away with a big jackpot was to go west, almost anywhere, select some easy spot to dig, and rake in gold nuggets about the same way that a farmer would gather in his potatoes in the fall, the nuggets being about the same, in size, as a good Irish spud."

Taming of Sam Brown (1892 Newspaper)

"He was a strapping six-footer, toughened by a life of exposure and peril. He reveled in an atmosphere of reckless debauchery. He was at one time the creature and the creator of the uncurbed license of the early camp. It flattered his vanity to be hailed as a gang leader, foremost of the toughs in the foremost mining camp."

The Prospector and His Burro - The Swindle That Wasn't (1915 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"The buyers began active work at once, in the operation and development of their new acquisition, and those who were 'on' began to wait for the day when they would come to a realization of how they had been soaked on a salted mine. But the day never came, and within two weeks shipments began pouring down the canyon from the new producer, and for ten years the mine has been a regular producer and dividend-payer."

A Flourishing Camp (Candelaria, Nevada) (1890 Newspaper)

Newspaper article discusses the state of the mining industry in the Candelaria district in 1890.

Letters From California #3 - S. R. Smith (1849 Newspaper)

"We lived principally upon bacon, hard bread and coffee. I have not taken off my clothes at night since I left Independence; nor do I expect to so long as I remain here. I am glad, (since I got through alive,) that I came across the Plains, for I now consider myself capable of enduring anything, so far as hardships are concerned."

The Prospector and His Burro - A Private Bonanza (1910 Salt Lake Mining Review)

"You ask why I do not try and sell my mine? ...for why should a man try and sell a $20-gold piece? What I have I can take out, little by little, by myself, and what is left is as good as having a substantial bank account, for I can draw upon it whenever I wish."

Letters From California #2 - William Swain (1850)

Letter written by a '49er from California describes life of the miners in detail, and conditions in the gold fields.

Letter From Humboldt County (1867 Newspaper)

Article describes stagecoach travel in Nevada in the 1860s, and the works at Oreana.

The Old-Time Prospector (1889 Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature)

A description of the American Prospector by the Chamber's Journal of Edinburgh, Scotland.