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== Originally a silver mine? == |
== Originally a silver mine? == |
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My understanding was that the Anaconda Mine was a silver mine. Marcus Daly ran the mine for Hickey. When the bottom dropped out of the silver price, Daly (who supposedly speculated on the copper values in the mine ) bought Hickey out (cheaply) and re-started the operation as a copper mine with the financial backing as named in the article.[[User:BSMet94|BSMet94]] ([[User talk:BSMet94|talk]]) 21:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC) |
My understanding was that the Anaconda Mine was a silver mine. Marcus Daly ran the mine for Hickey. When the bottom dropped out of the silver price, Daly (who supposedly speculated on the copper values in the mine ) bought Hickey out (cheaply) and re-started the operation as a copper mine with the financial backing as named in the article.[[User:BSMet94|BSMet94]] ([[User talk:BSMet94|talk]]) 21:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC) |
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Originally a silver mine?
[edit]My understanding was that the Anaconda Mine was a silver mine. Marcus Daly ran the mine for Hickey. When the bottom dropped out of the silver price, Daly (who supposedly speculated on the copper values in the mine ) bought Hickey out (cheaply) and re-started the operation as a copper mine with the financial backing as named in the article.BSMet94 (talk) 21:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
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