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Stockbridge, Jack., May 23, 1957

 Item — CD: 381, Microfilm: 6

Scope and Contents

Side #1: The killing of Par Garrett; dynamite being thawed on boiler explodes at the Torpedo Mine; the drowning out of the Torpedo Mine; Mowry City on the Mimbres; looking for the treasure buried and then moved by Billy Grounds and Dwayne Hunt; money from a robbery in a well on the Hughes place, now washed away.

Side #2: History of the Norman King Mine; the killing of Jimmy DeBuck; turkey shoots; Tom Johnson, foreman for Tom Lyons, real name McCarty, killed Cox; Buck Johnson killed himself with dynamite; Frank Vessely and Joe Paclick coming to Silver City - get Manuel Taylor’s mine in a poker game; map on the floor of a cave near Hurley.

Dates

  • May 23, 1957

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English Spanish

Access Restrictions

Transcripts must be accessed via microfilm (CSWR F801 P56 1960). Not all tapes have been transcribed.

Extent

From the Collection: 13 Boxes (13 cu. ft.)

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451