Nevadaville History
By Mary Peery
Many stories have been written about the renowned miner Patrick D. Casey, whose career in the mining district (Central City, Nevadaville, and Black Hawk), lasted just a few years. The stories below depict the candor and grit that Casey brought with him from New York, which led to his success and notoriety. Presented below are the works of three authors and an early Central City Daily Register newspaper article. The writers focus on different aspects of Casey’s arrival, his accomplishments, and anecdotal stories. The first three writers have different outcomes for Casey’s life after he left the mining district. The Central City Daily Register article has a famous story of Pat Casey’s “night hands.” They were laborers, mostly miners, who worked for Pat Casey and worked the night shift. The final author, Louis J. Carter, focuses on Pat Casey’s lasting contribution to Central City, which is the road he built to take ore from his mines, to his mill in Black Hawk. The road would become known as “the Casey,” where the finest houses in Central City would be built.
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