Now that you know who the players are, here is their (abreviated) story. Georgetown In 1876, Will was working as an assayer in Georgetown. He worked for one of the reduction mills, but I haven’t found a name. Then he was in partnership with a fellow St. Louisian, Frank Graham, who was a chemist. But […]
The Family That Mines Together, Stays Together Part I
Sorry I haven’t posted anything in a couple months. I have been working on a talk I will give at the Annual Mining History Conference in Telluride in June. Every time I check a date or other detail, I get sucked into more research, so it has been slow. The topic is the mining interests […]
Bowman vs. Patrick
With mining comes lawsuits. That’s just the way it is. Will was a party to several lawsuits in his mining career. Sometimes he brought the suit and sometimes he was the defendant. But the one lawsuit that lasted the longest and had the most effect on his life was Bowman vs. Patrick. The story starts […]
Who Was Marie Patrick?
Anne Brownlow Patrick died in July 1893 at her mother’s home in Knoxville. A year later, Will married Marie Eubank. I have a copy of their marriage certificate. They were married in Teller County. Marie’s father, William T. Eubank, was an Expressman on a railway. An Expressman was in charge of the mail car and […]
The Patrick Brothers in Mining
The brothers are: James McCall – June 12, 1848 – Feb. 27, 1918 William Francis – May 3, 1853 – July 20, 1905 Warner Knox – May 1858 – May 30, 1914 Edward Thomas – Feb. 2, 1861 – Mar. 14, 1924 Lucien Linton – Sept. 24, 1863 – Nov. 25, 1944 James has been […]
