Description: Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns Spanish and American prospectors discovered gold, silver, and copper mines in southwestern New Mexico in the 1800s. This volume explores the further development of these mining operations into the early 1900s. During this time period, improvements in technology made mining profitable, and eastern corporations invested in New Mexico mines. World War I created a demand for copper, and this era saw the development of paternalistic company towns. Miners faced difficult and dangerous working conditions, but their lives improved compared to previous generations. Many of the towns and the people in southwestern New Mexico owed their livelihood, in whole or in part, to mining. Some of these places have disappeared entirely, some are ghost towns, and others are thriving communities.
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BOOK TITLE: Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns
Language: English
Topic: Mining, Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Idaho, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Historical, Postcards, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Technology & Engineering, Photography, Travel, Antiques & Collectibles, History
Author: Jane Bardal
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
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