Grosh Brothers Articles
Listed below are a variety of articles about the Grosh Brothers, gathered from newspapers, magazines, periodicals, books and radio interviews.
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25 Years Ago – The Discoveries of Silver in Nevada, R.M. Bucke hand written and typed draft
25 Years Ago by Richard Bucke – The Overland Monthly Vol. I June 1883 Pgs 553-560
A Tramp Over The Mountains – pages 553-560
Auburn Journal, Volume 6, Number 3, 16 October 1889
Auburn Journal, Volume 6, Number 5, October 30 1889, Page 3
Big Trees – Placer County Historical Society by May Perry June 1967
Bucke- Sketch By James Coyne 1906
Discovery of Silver on the Comstock and the Groshes Bros. – June 1946
Discovery of The Comstock, The London Advertiser, 12.16.1897, Image 419 – Canadiana
Discovery of the Comstock, The London Advertiser, Dec 16, 1897
Description of trail Escarpment to Last Chance
Dr. R.M. Bucke & Family Fonds – Western Libraries Pgs 4,8,9,29-30,31,32,48
Early Mining Discoveries in Nevada by Sam Davis 1913
Grosh Brothers Article – Sacramento Daily Union, Vol 25, No. 3861, August 6 1863
Grosh Brothers Article – Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 25, Number 3861, 6 August 1863
Grosh Brothers Story – Hal Hall
Grosh Brothers’ letters a Mother Lode of Gold Rush Life
Hills of the Coyote by Gene Marley
Historical Note – Richard M. Bucke 1837-1902 Pg. 3
History of Squaw Valley by Jane Fieldler 1977
History of State of Nevada pgs 51-54, 498
Last Chance – Sierra Heritage pg 33-34
Last Chance- The River of El Dorado
Looking Backward 100 Years Ago December 1957
Mtn. Demoncrat – Jan 2, 1858 – EA Grosh Death at Last Chance
Overland Monthly – 25 Years Ago June 1883
Placer County Emigrant Road, Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 11, Number 1709, September 17, 1856
Placer County Historical Society – Grosh Brothers Story
Sierra Rescue But A Secret Dies
The Ghost of Last Chance by Gene Markley 1980
The Grave Claimed This Mining Secret – Auburn Sentinel Sep 1992
The Great Bonanza Road to Washoe – The Saga of Lake Tahoe by Edward Scott 1957
The Placer Herald – Dec 26, 1857 – EA Grosh Death at Last Chance
Wendell Robie Radio InterviewAbout Grosh Brothers Story – Part 1
Wendell Robie Radio InterviewAbout Grosh Brothers Story – Part 2
Chronicling America – The Mountain Democrat, September 5, 1863, image 3
1863 Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 25, Number 3884, 2 September 1863
Web-links on internet to additional Grosh Brother resources
Nevada Historical Society Quarterly – articles mentioning “Grosh”
Gold Hill, 1962, Grosh Brothers, Storey County, NV
Legends of America, Early Mining Discoveries in NV, Sam P. Hill, 1913
Rocks & Minerals, Vol. 40, 1965 – Issue 7, The Comstock Lode, John S. Albanese
Lancaster History, Eureka!, June 2021, Marianne Heckles
Nevada Magazine, Nevada Part II- From Strikes to Statehood, Nov-Dec 2013, Ron Soodalter
Digital History – The Comstock Lode and Mining Frontier, 2021
Social Studies for Kids- The Comstock Lode
Las Vegas Review Journal, Brothers Letters Relate Mining Hopes, Sorrows, June 2008
Nevada History, First Discovery of Silver
The Gold Rush Letters, R. James & R. Stewart – ebook
Full Text of A.B. Grosh The Odd Fellows Manual, 1852
Find A Grave – Ethan Allen Grosh
Nevada Historical Society Acquires Comstock Lode Letters, 2008
Mining History Association, How Nevada Began: Early Prospectors on the Comstock, 2007, Sally Zanjani
John Mackay, Prince of Miners, Intermountain Histories, Rachel Hendrickson
Western Mining History, The Gold Canon Placer Mining Colony
Cowboy Showcase, The Comstock Lode, March 2014, Lee Raine
Letter Prefect, RN&N,April 2018, Dennis Myers
Bonanza Denied by Pickax and Jackass – Wonders & Marvels, Caroline Lawrence
First to Discover the Comstock Were the Tragic Grosh Brothers, Reno-nvstjournal, Nov 8, 1953