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Butte Above and Below Ground by Harry C. Freeman The worlds greatest mining camp
Butte Above and Below Ground by Harry C. Freeman Hard Cover
128 pages
Copyright 1900
A brief history of Butte, Montana The world's greatest mining camp including a story of the extracation and treatment of ores from its gigantic copper properties. Illustrated.
Hallowed days, Greater Butte, Boston and Montana Band, mining magnates, school of mines, the Paul Clark home, the red metal, much more. Many photos.
At least two pages have small tears near the bottom in the white area (not in the printing.
INTRODUCTION
OUT of the boundless West from time to time cones literature of every description concerning its resources, development, life, grandeur of scenery and every phase that can possibly serve as a vehicle to relieve the mind. One effort emanates from the pen of the student of events, who sees the unfolding of mighty things which shall leave their imprint upon the future of a great and growing nation. Another purports to be the work of the critic, who, after a superficial study of prevailing conditions, finds much delight in exaggerating the primitiveness of its institutions, the roughness of its life and the depravity of its public morality, with little or no thought as to the obstacles which have been overcome, the rapidity with which events have followed one another nor the influences which have been thrown about them. Still another is of a commercial character, inspired by the demand for sensational nonsense upon the part of the great newspapers of the East, who still find profit in stigmatizing this new country as abnormally " wild and woolly " in contra-distinction to the " civilized and effete East." The " cattle king," the " copper king," the " silver king " and a dozen other titles are still forced upon the credulity of the uninformed to assist in throwing an air of mystery and awe about this bountifully endowed country and to strengthen the stories of fabulous wealth popularly supposed to be found beneath every rock and along every stream thereof.
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