Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns
Postcard History Series

Southwestern New Mexico Mining Towns

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Descripción editorial

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.

GÉNERO
Historia
PUBLICADO
2011
17 de enero
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
128
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Arcadia Publishing
VENDEDOR
INscribe Digital
TAMAÑO
56.7
MB

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