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Mrs. Robert K. Reid

Wife had to use husband's name for her mine claim

Robert K. Reid's wife' discovery of silver ore in 1863 in Bingham Canyon, Utah, was not only groundbreaking for its time but also emblematic of the early mining spirit of the American West. Her involvement with the silver vein she uncovered

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Paul Revere

Paul Revere

— 1818

Paul Revere (December 21, 1734 – May 10, 1818]) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April, 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of

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Wilhelm Rontgen

Wilhelm Rontgen

— 1923

Wihelm Rontgen was a German physicist who was the first person to systematically produce and detect electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays. His discovery of X-rays was a great revolution in the fields of physics and medicine and electrified the

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Atsidi Sani

Atsidi Sani

— 1918

Sani played an important role in the history of Navajo silversmithing. He is known by many to be the first Navajo silversmith, although his main focus was in blacksmithing; working with iron. Many agree that he learned silversmithing in the year 1853. According to Navajo tribal leader, Chee

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Paul Sarnoff

Paul Sarnoff

— 1999

Paul Sarnoff was, in addition to being a career commodities trader, a prolific writer. His 30-some titles include "Silver Bulls: The Great Silver Boom and Bust," covering the seven months leading up to the rise and fall of silver during 1979 and 1980. It is a constructive and contrarian

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Ed Schieffelin

Ed Schieffelin

— 1897

Edward Lawrence Schieffelin was an American prospector and Indian fighter best known for discovering the Tombstone silver mine in Arizona. He was born on May 7, 1847, in Aurora, Illinois, and was the son of a prominent family. However, he was interested in something other than following in his

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Johann Heinrich Schulze

Johann Heinrich Schulze

— 1744

Johann Schulze was a German physician and anatomy professor who made a significant discovery in the development of photography when he observed that silver salts darkened when exposed to sunlight. In 1725, while attempting to create a phosphorescent material by combining a slurry of chalk with

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Giovanni Battista Serpieri

Giovanni Battista Serpieri

— 1897

Giovanni Battista Serpieri was the first foreign "mega-entrepreneur" to invest in Greece. He was demonized almost immediately after he had invested fifteen million drachmas to gain the concession to re-open the Lavrion Mines, the same mines that had made ancient Athens an economic powerhouse.

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Douglas Balfour Silver

Douglas Balfor Silver is a prominent American economic geologist, mineral economist, and financier renowned for his significant contributions to the mining industry. He was raised in New Jersey and earned a Master's degree in economic geology from the University of Arizona. 

Silver began his

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Jason Douglas Simpson

Orla Mining Ltd.

Jason Simpson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Orla Mining Ltd., a company renowned for its operations at the Camino Rojo mine in Zacatecas, Mexico, which produces both gold and silver. With over 28 years of experience in mining operations, engineering, and

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