# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-schieffelin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:37:46.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-schieffelin"
name: "Ed Schieffelin"
slug: "ed-schieffelin"
description: "Edward Lawrence Schieffelin (1847–1897) was an American prospector and Indian Scout who discovered silver in the Arizona Territory, an event that led to the founding of Tombstone. He entered into a partnership with his brother Al and mining engineer Richard Gird in a handshake deal that produced millions of dollars in wealth for all three men. During the course of Tombstone's mining history, about US$85,000,000 in silver was produced from its mines."
tagline: "Prospector who discovered the Tombstone mining district (1847–1897)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ed-schieffelin-1882-cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1847"
deathDate: "1897-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.031896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schieffelin"
    title: "Ed Schieffelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schieffelin"
    title: "Ed Schieffelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Schieffelin"
    title: "Ed Schieffelin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エド・シーフェリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E5%B8%AD%E8%B4%B9%E6%9E%97"
    title: "埃德·席费林"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q957824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump