| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Discovery and early development -- Perry opens his mine -- The basic necessities: wagons, wood, and water -- Perry assumes control -- Facilities of civilization -- The lengthening shadow -- School bells and ballot boxes -- The biggest store between Del Rio and El Paso -- The Rainbow Mine episode -- When the blue eagle screamed -- Events that hastened the fall -- Bankruptcy -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. history of quicksilver -- Appendix B. the controversial survey -- Appendix C. the Scott furnace -- Appendix D. monthly furnace record |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1974, under title: The history of the Chisos Mining Company |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-316) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Chisos Mining Company -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Chisos Mining Company fast |
| Subject |
Mercury mines and mining -- Texas -- Terlingua district -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
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Mercury mines and mining
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
75004081 |
| ISBN |
0585174741 |
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9780585174747 |
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