I am glad we were able to locate the specific article that spoke of the death of Alanson Clough Watts. In this article, the historical newspaper collection has indexed his last name as just "Watt", leaving off the "s" in his last name. This may be as it was published in the newspaper at the time.
If you contact Deadwood Public Library, and provide them with the list of the historical newspaper articles that we have found, they may for a small fee reproduce the entire newspaper article as it was printed in the paper which will provide much more information for you.
The public library, as well as the Adams Museum and the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center, has many historical photographs of Deadwood and Central City. They might by an off chance have a photograph of the Watts residence he built in Central and photographs of the Rattler Mine. It would be something more you might whish to investigate.
Glad we could help.
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Deadwood Public Library 435 Williams St Deadwood, SD 57732-2821 605-578-2821 dwd@sdln.net
A.C. Watt, timberer employed by the Rattler company, was instantly killed while at work in the bottom of the shaft, yesterday afternoon. Watt, A. C. Rattler Mine. Mining accident. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 26, 1886, p.2, col.3.
Wife: Lucy Gertrude Schmitt
marriage 1: Alanson Clough Watts, 1881 Deadwood, D T
marriage 2: Joseph Harris Beals, 1887 Billings, Montana
Child:
Name:
Everett AlansonWatts
Birth Date:
31 Jul 1882
Gender:
Male
County:
Lawrence
Father's Name:
AlansanCloughWatts
Mother's name:
Lucy Gertrude Schmitt
Name:
Everett A. Watts
Birth Date:
31 Jul 1882
Age at Death:
81
Death Date:
22 Sep 1963
Burial Place:
Ashton, Fremont County, Idaho, USA
Burial: Pineview Cemetery Ashton Fremont County Idaho, USA Plot: Block 9. Lot No. 5. Burial No. 3.
Other related historical newspaper articles:
Watt buried at Mount Moriah. A.C. Watt buried at Mount Moriah. Watt, A. C. Mount Moriah. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 29, 1886, p.3, col.1.
Watt funeral yesterday. Funeral of C.A. Watt in Central yesterday. Watt, C. A. (name sometimes listed as C. A. Watt) Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 29, 1886, p.2, col.4.
Watt funeral today. The funeral of A.C. Watt will take place from Central this a.m., remains to be interred in the Deadwood cemetery. Watt, A. C. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 28, 1886, p.2, col.2.
Called at Times office yesterday, of Terraville Watts, Black Hills Daily Times |g Aug 09 1883, p.3 , col.2
Birth, boy, 10 lbs, mother & son well Watt, A.C. Black Hills Daily Times Aug 01 1882, p.2 , col.1
Historical Newspaper Articles: Rattler Mine
Rattler shaft at depth of 180 and now bringing to the surface ore conceded to be a true fissure vein. Rattler Mine. Thompson, D. Meisel, Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 18, 1887, p.4, col.3.
Carbonate camp. Everywhere around and about me I see signs of returning prosperity at Carbonate camp. Carbonate camp. Ringley, W. J. Calkins, Charles. Pepper, Thomas. Iron Hill Mill. Seabury-Calkins Mining Company. Darboy Mine. LaPlata Mine. Far Wet Mine. Jefferson Mine. Rattler Mine. Marr, Black Hills Daily Times, Oct. 25, 1885, p.2, col.2.
Rattler Mining company elects officers. Annual meeting of Rattler Carbonate Mining company was held to elect officers. Rattler Mine. Hoyt, A. E. Clary, F. M. Dawson, Andrew R. Z. Rosencranz, Henry. Lewis, A. Meisel, L. Phillips, W. R. Wenke, J. G. Speed, E. W. Hildreth, Jeff. Black Hills Daily Times, May 6, 1885, p.4, col.2.
Carbonate camp to create astonishment. Indications at Iron Hill just a portion of which are likely to create astonishment in their developments of precious metals. Iron Hill Mine. Carbonate camp. Rattler Mine. Adelphia Mine. Darboy Mine. Mutual Mine. Mugwump Mine. Liberty Mine. Rialto Mine. Hercules Mine. Mining. Black Hills Daily Times, April 15, 1885, p.2, col.4.
Pleasant rivalry between silver districts. A generous and altogether pleasant rivalry exists between the very prominent silver districts -- Carbonate and Ruby. Ruby Mining District. Iron Hill Mine. Rattler Mine. Wilkinson Mine. Williamson Mine. Enterprise Mine. Eureka Mine. Wide West Mine. Far West Mine. Hannibal Mine. Ross, E. B. Carbonate district. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 20, 1885, p.3, col.4.
Work to begin on Rattler shaft. Work of sinking the shaft at Rattler mine will begin Monday morning. Rattler Mine. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 15, 1885, p.3, col.3.
Hoist works to Rattler not Welch's mine. Hoisting works from the Caledonia removed to the Rattler mine, instead of Morris Welch's mine, as was previously stated. Caledonia Mine. Rattler Mine. Welch, Morris. Black Hills Daily Times, Feb. 11, 1885, p.2, col.4.
Big strike on the Rattler Mine, camp is happy Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Feb 23 1882, p.4 , col.4
Shaft has reached 60 feet Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Feb 15 1882, p.4 , col.2
Part of Savage Tunnel property sold Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Oct 18 1881, p.4 , col.3
North of the Lilly Mine Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Feb 21 1880, p.2 , col.2
Mining scheme, big mill, tunnel, a new combination Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Jan 27 1880, p.4 , col.4
Smith & Pringle Mill to start up on Rattler ore Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Sep 02 1879, p.4 , col.3
Tunnel is now being driven in from old open face Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Jan 13 1879, p.4 , col.3
Located near Lead, to be sold today or tomorrow Rattler Mine Black Hills Daily Times Sep 13 1878, p.4 , col.1
Condolence -- A.C. Watts. Resolution of condolence. Watts, Alanson C. Kamman, C. H. Goldbloom, David. LeBeau, J. B. A.F. and A.M. Black Hills Daily Times, Oct. 24, 1886, p.2, col.4.
Mount Moriah Cemetery, Watts, Alanson C., d. (1886/09/06*), age: 33y, bur. Sec 10, Lot A, Cir -* stone inscription should read death September 25, 1886 from historical newspaper article Black Hills Daily Times, Sept. 26, 1886, p.2, col.3. describing the mining accidentat the Rattler Mine "yesterday afternoon".
Article Title Passenger lists August 24. Sing, W. Goss, J. M. Shannon, D. H. Shannon, E. Johnson, Bertha. Chase, W. S. Watts, A. C. Mrs. Cornelius, G. W. Norse, Mrs. Marr, Mrs. Boswell, F. E. Kent, J. Proudfoot, R. H. Perkins, H. E. Shea, M. Shannon, D. Mrs. Shannon, L. Marcaux, J. Olson, L. J. Smart, R. Williams, R. Richards, R. J. Wright, S. C. Brooks, C. H. Perkins, H. O. Hadley, K. P. Sargeant, C. B. Bracco, J. Phillips, J. A. Berger, M. Eckland, Tilla. Carter, P. A. Cahaw, W. Casey, Pat. Hoehn, Miss. Brennan, J. Chase, S. E. Dale, S. M. Kohorn, B. F. Hopkins, W. F. Uhrick, Paul. Smith, S. R. Karcher, C. Humbert, E. W. Needham, L. Mrs. Fishe, L. Smith, H. H. Johnson, George. Needham, L. W. Hartman, C. J. Proudfoot, W. C. Loy, S. Turner, S. Moody, C. Welch, M. Robertson, William. Moggs, J. Barr, M. H. McCord, E. Robertson, J. A. Williams, R. P. Lee, J. Dodson, W. A. Nelson, O. Sterpil****, E. Young, Y. Kellogg, E. W. Spro, A. Trelsons, S. Flynn, Tom. Kennedy, T. Reedy, Lawrence J. Journal: Black Hills Daily Times, Aug. 24, 1886, p.3, col.4.
Delinquent tax sale. Lawrence County treasurer advertises delinquent tax for Terraville. Terraville. Askins, David. Anderson, Lou. Lincoln hotel. Bunnemann and McLaughlin. Congress Mine. Mono Mine. Barnett and Salisbury. Buck, John. Box, Henry. Barclay, W. J. Berge, Olaf. Biglin, Mary C. Belste, John. Bennett, William. Blatt, J. A. Beeky, Ed. Craye, Peter. Crest, J. W. Carl, Simon. Carl, N. Corson, George. Edwards, P. P. Frew, Allen. Flaherty, J. Mrs. Fredlund, Peter. Franklin, Harris. Gray and Sullivan. Gray, John. Glayer, Joseph. Garnes, John. Hendrickson, Olaf. Haskins, Joseph. Harvey, Edward. Hodge, William. Juron, Moses. Kelsey, Frank. Keough, S. Kennedy, W. J. Lawrence, Samuel. Langston, William. McGregor, Robert. Milberty, Charles. McEvery, Pat. McFarland and Getson. Matterson, Ole. McDougal, Neil. McArthur, J. Norris, W. P. Northcot, John. Norne, Peter. Oleson, John. Pierce, J. H. Paso, Herr. Rinehart, Charles. Ryan, C. Mrs. Rigby, W. J. Smith, A. G. Smith, O. W. Smith, C. A. Sutherland and Hawley. Sams Mining Company. Swanson, Nels. Streeton, Clark. Shea, Dan. Turwoolt, C. L. Trebil****, William. Thompson, William. Thomas and Brother. Thompson, Joseph. Uren, C. Mrs. Whiteshrub, E. P. Wyatt, Robert. Wilson, Robert. Wilmouth, W. Wilmouth, J. H. Williams, Ed. Watts, A. C. Zerfing, John. Black Hills Daily Times, Sept 5, 1885, p.3, col.1.
A.F. and A.M. elects officers. Central City Lodge No. 22 A.F. and A.M. elects officers. A.F. and A.M. Appel, Morris. Raffee, L. J. Graham, Robert. Williamson, John. Mayors, Edmund. Ruth, C. S. Kamman, C. H. Wenke, John G. Sweatman, H. L. Chamison, Joe. Flow, E. Crispell, Martin. Black Hills Daily Times, Dec. 13, 1884, p.3, col.3.
Lodges of A.F. & A.M. in Black Hills (Grand Masonic Lodge, Deadwood Lodge No. 7 A. F. & A. M.) A.F. & A.M. Black Hills Daily Times Sep 01 1883, p.1 , col.1
Genial young man back from Spearfish with new bride Watts, A.C. Black Hills Daily Times Jun 16 1881, p.1 , col.4
Marriage at his residence, amalgamator to Gertie Smith of Central Watts, A.C. Black Hills Daily Times Jun 03 1881, p.4 , col.6
Attended Crist/Scott wedding Watts, A.C. Watts, A.C., Mrs. Black Hills Daily Times May 19 1881, p.4 , col.5
K. of P. (Knights of Pythias )member visits Lead on business Watts, A.C. Black Hills Daily Times May 14 1881, p.1 , col.3
Dwd mill amalgamator putting up large residence Watts, A.C. Black Hills Daily Times Apr 30 1881, p.1 , col.4
I am looking for any information on Alanson. he is my husband's gr grandfather. He was killed in an accident in the mines in 1886. He was a carpenter in the mines.
