This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Cinnabar History Tells Brewster County Quicksilver Tale
A history by Mrs. T. D. McKinney traces cinnabar ore discovery in Brewster County from 1886 by Mexican Juan Acosta, through early mining deals around California Hill, the Mariposa and Chisos properties, and the rise of Study Butte and Mariscal mines, with figures like J. J. Dawson, W. W. Turney, Dewees, and Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. D. McKinney
Alpine
Big Bend
J. J
Jack) Dawson
T. D. (Devine) McKinney
Brewster County
Terlingua
Juan Acosta
Shafter
California
Chisos Mines
Mariposa Mining Company
California Hill
W. W. Turney
C. M. Bell
Jim Norman
Jack
Dewees
Jack Dawson
al Reed
Quicksilver
Lindheim
del Rio
Waldron’s
John Goughran
Charley Hess
Chisos
Chisos Mining Company
Parker-McKinney
J. M. Parker and McKinney
J. C
R. C
Rainbow
Dawson
Study Butte
Will Study