Biography of Albert Geiser, 1902, Baker Co. Oregon: Surnames: Geiser, Briebach, Dodson.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page An Illustrated History of
Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902 by Western Historical
Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 327

Albert Geiser

Mr. Geiser is a son of John and Elizabeth (Briebach) Geiser, both natives of
Germany. He was born in the vicinity of Denver, Colorado, on the 10th of
February, 1863, and in 1870 he accompanied his parents thence to Nevada, from
which state they later journeyed to Utah and thence to California. Our
subject's father, who was a veteran of the Mexican war, and one of the
original Gilpin county miners, was engaged for several years int he Golden
state in endeavoring to win from Mother Earth her hidden treasure.

In that state Mr. Geiser completed his education, which had been begun in
Colorado, graduating from the high school in Oakland. He then joined his
father in the mining pursuit, continuing in the same in that state until 1881,
when he came to Baker county, resolved to try his fortune in the rich gold
fields of this region. He worked several quartz mines in the section, and
eventually, with his mother and sisters, became interested in the Bonanza
mine. His progress since coming to the county has been uninterrupted, and he
is now an owner or part owner of several dividend-paying mines, among them the
Brazos, situated southeast of Baker City, over the company owning which, he
presides; the Keystone Bell and the Gold Boy, with headquarters at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; the Pyx, in the Bonanza district, with a five-stamp mill; and
the Greenhow or Worley mine. He is also a director in the Baker City Gas &
Electric Company; also owns the Geiser Grand hotel and other valuable property
in the city. Though interested in so many other lines of activity, he is one
of the most prominent large contractors in eastern Oregon.

In fraternal connection, our subject is a leading Mason, belonging to all the
degrees of that order except the thirty-third, and he likewise belongs to the
K. of P. and the B.P.O.E. He was married, in Baker county, on December 19,
1894, to Miss Bernice Dodson, daughter of Henry Dodson, who at one time was
school superintendent of Grant county. They have two children, Annie and
Edward.

One of the leading achievements of Mr. Geiser, in the county, has been the
developing and bringing out of the Bonzana mine, which he operated from 1891
to 1898, when he sold it.