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Rich Town Poor Town

Rich Town Poor Town

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General Fiction

ISBN10: 149743470X
ISBN13: 9781497434707
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 9 2014
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The mines of Jerome, Arizona, produced billions of dollars worth of copper, gold and silver. These riches supported a fabulously wealthy lifestyle-for the owners and managers. However, for the proud and skilled miners and their families, life was hard. In this book you will discover - What it was like to grow up in Jerome as the son of a Mexican miner - Why men crippled in the mine were never seen on the streets of Jerome - The ghostly story behind the discovery of the richest vein of ore in Jerome - Details of mining underground in the early days - How families survived the hard times - How the mining company manager wielded the power of life, death and even marriage

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