Born Murietta, Penn.
"Ethan Allen and Hosea Ballou Grosh were brothers who mined in both California and Nevada. They worked in California in the winter then crossed the Sierra to Carson Valley in the summer. They made their way to Gold Canyon and, along with many other hopeful prospectors, searched for the claim that would make them rich.
The Grosh brothers were a bit different in their approach to mining. Unlike most miners, who looked only for gold, Ethan and Hosea were also looking for silver. They found silver, a strike they described as the "monster ledge," in the Silver City area, but did not live to develop their discovery. In late summer of 1857, Hosea had an accident with a pick, and died after his foot became badly infected. His brother also came to a tragic end: his feet were frozen when he and a friend were caught in a snowstorm trying to cross the Sierra. He did not want his legs amputated and died in December, 1857."
Frostbite to leg/gangrene.
First man who found silver on Sun Mountain that later became the famous Comstock lode. He died before being able to prove up on his claim.
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August 22, 2013
Greetings,
Find A Grave contributor Sylvia Seymour has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Ethan Grosh.
Multiple prospectors were collecting surface gold when they arrived, hence the name Gold Canyon, but he and Hosea were the first to recognize that the heavy, blackish material everybody was throwing out was probably silver. And of course it was!
"Ethan Allen and Hosea Ballou Grosh were brothers who mined in both California and Nevada. They worked in California in the winter then crossed the Sierra to Carson Valley in the summer. They made their way to Gold Canyon and, along with many other hopeful prospectors, searched for the claim that would make them rich.
The Grosh brothers were a bit different in their approach to mining. Unlike most miners, who looked only for gold, Ethan and Hosea were also looking for silver. They found silver, a strike they described as the "monster ledge," in the Silver City area, but did not live to develop their discovery. In late summer of 1857, Hosea had an accident with a pick, and died after his foot became badly infected. His brother also came to a tragic end: his feet were frozen when he and a friend were caught in a snowstorm trying to cross the Sierra. He did not want his legs amputated and died in December, 1857."
Frostbite to leg/gangrene.
First man who found silver on Sun Mountain that later became the famous Comstock lode. He died before being able to prove up on his claim.
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August 22, 2013
Greetings,
Find A Grave contributor Sylvia Seymour has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Ethan Grosh.
Multiple prospectors were collecting surface gold when they arrived, hence the name Gold Canyon, but he and Hosea were the first to recognize that the heavy, blackish material everybody was throwing out was probably silver. And of course it was!
Born Murietta, Penn.
"Ethan Allen and Hosea Ballou Grosh were brothers who mined in both California and Nevada. They worked in California in the winter then crossed the Sierra to Carson Valley in the summer. They made their way to Gold Canyon and, along with many other hopeful prospectors, searched for the claim that would make them rich.
The Grosh brothers were a bit different in their approach to mining. Unlike most miners, who looked only for gold, Ethan and Hosea were also looking for silver. They found silver, a strike they described as the "monster ledge," in the Silver City area, but did not live to develop their discovery. In late summer of 1857, Hosea had an accident with a pick, and died after his foot became badly infected. His brother also came to a tragic end: his feet were frozen when he and a friend were caught in a snowstorm trying to cross the Sierra. He did not want his legs amputated and died in December, 1857."
Frostbite to leg/gangrene.
First man who found silver on Sun Mountain that later became the famous Comstock lode. He died before being able to prove up on his claim.
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August 22, 2013
Greetings,
Find A Grave contributor Sylvia Seymour has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Ethan Grosh.
Multiple prospectors were collecting surface gold when they arrived, hence the name Gold Canyon, but he and Hosea were the first to recognize that the heavy, blackish material everybody was throwing out was probably silver. And of course it was!
"Ethan Allen and Hosea Ballou Grosh were brothers who mined in both California and Nevada. They worked in California in the winter then crossed the Sierra to Carson Valley in the summer. They made their way to Gold Canyon and, along with many other hopeful prospectors, searched for the claim that would make them rich.
The Grosh brothers were a bit different in their approach to mining. Unlike most miners, who looked only for gold, Ethan and Hosea were also looking for silver. They found silver, a strike they described as the "monster ledge," in the Silver City area, but did not live to develop their discovery. In late summer of 1857, Hosea had an accident with a pick, and died after his foot became badly infected. His brother also came to a tragic end: his feet were frozen when he and a friend were caught in a snowstorm trying to cross the Sierra. He did not want his legs amputated and died in December, 1857."
Frostbite to leg/gangrene.
First man who found silver on Sun Mountain that later became the famous Comstock lode. He died before being able to prove up on his claim.
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August 22, 2013
Greetings,
Find A Grave contributor Sylvia Seymour has made a suggestion to you regarding your Find A Grave memorial for Ethan Grosh.
Multiple prospectors were collecting surface gold when they arrived, hence the name Gold Canyon, but he and Hosea were the first to recognize that the heavy, blackish material everybody was throwing out was probably silver. And of course it was!
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