Mass Destruction : : The Men and Giant Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet / / Timothy J. LeCain.
The place: The steep mountains outside Salt Lake City. The time: The first decade of the twentieth century. The man: Daniel Jackling, a young metallurgical engineer. The goal: A bold new technology that could provide billions of pounds of cheap copper for a rapidly electrifying America. The result:...
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