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Salting A Gold Mine

by | Jan 10, 2017 | True West Blog

Mining Camp author Brete Harte wrote: "The ways of a man with a maid are strange, but tame, when compared to a man with a mine when buying or selling the same." And Mark Twain added: “A mine is a hole in the ground, owned by a liar.” During the last half of the 19th century the West, especially places like Arizona were perceived as veritable tre


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