Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780890960134
- Publication Year
- 1976
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Quicksilver : Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company
- Publisher
- Texas A&M University Press
- Genre
- Science
- Topic
- Chemistry / General
- Number of Pages
- 368 Pages
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Before Terlingua achieved some notoriety as the site of the annual World Championship Chili Cookoff, the ghost town was the bustling center of the mercury mining industry in the United States. Quicksilver tells the story of the company town and its feudal lord, Chicago industrialist Howard E. Perry, who built a hilltop mansion overlooking the dry domain. Based on many primary sources, this solidly researched and historically sound book tells of profit, power, and loss; of U.S. Army protection from the effects of revolution south of the border; of Depression-era maneuverings and labor unrest; and of a region that holds growing fascination for thousands of visitors each year. Color and authenticity come from the author's interviews with such individuals as Robert Cartledge, who for nearly three decades worked as store clerk, purchasing agent, and finally general manager of the Chisos Mining Company in Terlingua.
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Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
ISBN-10
0890960135
ISBN-13
9780890960134
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1483316
Product Key Features
Publication Year
1976
Topic
Chemistry / General
Book Title
Quicksilver : Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Additional Product Features
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75-004081
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