Harry Owen "Dick" Bayless (September 6, 1885 – December 16, 1920) was an American professional

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. He was an

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for one season (1908) with the

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. He played in the minor leagues through 1917. He died three years later in a copper mine explosion in

Santa Rita, New Mexico Santa Rita is a ghost town in Grant County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The site of Chino copper mine, Santa Rita was located east of Silver City. History Copper mining in the area began late in the Spanish colonial period, but it was ...

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