Talk:John Hays Hammond/Archives/2012

Clarity issues
Mining career section

Hammond took his first mining job as a "special expert" for the US Geological Survey 1879-1880...


 * What sort of expert? This was an entry-level job!


 * I found two references that use this as his title: Yale University archives (http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.0259.xml); and a Hammond bio on Sacklunch (http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/H/JohnHaysHammond.html). Britanica also states that Hammond was with U.S. Geological Survey, but it doesn't give his title (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9039068/John-Hays-Hammond).  --Ctatkinson 01:04, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

In 1882, he was sent to hostile country in Mexico, near Sonora, to become superintendent of Minas Neuvas.
 * What does "near Sonora" mean? Sonora is a state.

Pete Tillman 20:23, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I looked for a reference and the archives at Yale University show the following: "...superintendent Minas Neuvas, near Sonora, Mexico, 1882-1883..." (http://mssa.library.yale.edu/findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.0259.xml). Do you know if there was ever a town of Sonora?  I also found this reference to Hammond living in Sonora: http://ejmas.com/jnc/jncart_henderson_0600.htm   --Ctatkinson 00:55, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Huh. "Minas Nuevas" doesn't show up in the INEGI Mining monograph for Sonora. SFAIK all the towns named "Sonora" are in the USA -- the best known is Sonora, CA.
 * So, unresolved until someone looks in a paper copy of his memoirs? Pete Tillman 18:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hammond cartoon?
In the Hammond chapter in Mining engineers & the American West; the lace-boot brigade, 1849-1933, by Clark C. Spencer (see ref list), there's a dandy cartoon showing JH Hammond being frog-marched offstage by Oom Paul Kruger, captioned "Have you seen the inside of my jail?". Would make a cool addition to this article (assuming its out of copyright). Good book, too. If some energetic soul with a scanner wants a small project... TIA & Cheers, Pete Tillman 00:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Bump, Pete Tillman (talk) 20:24, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Occult
Nothing in here about Hammond's proclivity for the supernatural? Shame. 216.41.16.82 (talk) 15:41, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

President Grant?
There is a line "In addition to Taft, Hammond also befriended Presidents Grant, Hayes, Roosevelt, and Coolidge." But I checked on President Grant, and he died in 1885, which doesn't seem to coincide with the political time period of John Hays Hammond. What level of friendship existed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esbboston (talk • contribs) 04:21, 17 September 2012 (UTC)