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I have been following the edits made by a significant contributor to this article - as I've found that other articles about Colorado have:
So, I'll pick away at this article, starting from the bottom and working my way up. Based on experience, everything needs to be verified.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 17:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
There are quite a number of sources from the late 19th century about mining - but for the historical info I'm having a hard time finding contemporary sources. So, my approach has been to try and find the most recent of historical industry sources + back them up with recent sources, which are generally historic books.
If there's a better approach, though, I'd love to hear it.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 21:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
There's an uncited sentence that I removed that said that about 1861, the single richest placer gold strike during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush occurred in / near Leadville on the Arkansas River.
However, I'm not finding a good source for this. Is there any information about what has been the richest placer gold strike in Colorado? during the Gold Rush? Thanks!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 23:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
I removed the following item
1866 | clay | Clay of the Dakota Group was discovered around Golden (pressed/ornamental brick was being made by 1882; and Canon City, Colorado, clay was developed in 1900.) [1] |
for the following reasons:
If I'm missing something, though, that would be good to know.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 04:45, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I think I've confused the use of the column for district... I started adding locations when the field was blank. How important is this column?
Would it be helpful to have a column for district (which I guess would sometimes be blank) and another for location (which would almost always have a value, i.e., not prehistoric events, etc.)?
Thanks!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 03:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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I have been following the edits made by a significant contributor to this article - as I've found that other articles about Colorado have:
So, I'll pick away at this article, starting from the bottom and working my way up. Based on experience, everything needs to be verified.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 17:03, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
There are quite a number of sources from the late 19th century about mining - but for the historical info I'm having a hard time finding contemporary sources. So, my approach has been to try and find the most recent of historical industry sources + back them up with recent sources, which are generally historic books.
If there's a better approach, though, I'd love to hear it.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 21:36, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
There's an uncited sentence that I removed that said that about 1861, the single richest placer gold strike during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush occurred in / near Leadville on the Arkansas River.
However, I'm not finding a good source for this. Is there any information about what has been the richest placer gold strike in Colorado? during the Gold Rush? Thanks!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 23:40, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
I removed the following item
1866 | clay | Clay of the Dakota Group was discovered around Golden (pressed/ornamental brick was being made by 1882; and Canon City, Colorado, clay was developed in 1900.) [1] |
for the following reasons:
If I'm missing something, though, that would be good to know.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 04:45, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
I think I've confused the use of the column for district... I started adding locations when the field was blank. How important is this column?
Would it be helpful to have a column for district (which I guess would sometimes be blank) and another for location (which would almost always have a value, i.e., not prehistoric events, etc.)?
Thanks!-- CaroleHenson (talk) 03:10, 22 January 2015 (UTC)