It Seems Like Only Yesterday: Mining and Mapping in Arizona's First Century Vol 2: Bisbee and Patagonia

Lenon, Robert

ISBN 10: 0595361498 / ISBN 13: 9780595361496

Verlag: iUniverse, 2005

Paperback. NOT Ex-library. Good condition. Signed by author. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 529UHD000FFL

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Bob Lenon came from Nebraska to Yuma, in 1914, just two years after Arizona had become the 48th state. He remembers seeing the Colorado River when it had no highway bridges and traveling on a plank road across dunes where an Interstate Highway now runs.Because Bob grew up listening to neighbors' tales of gold in the hills, it was natural for him to make mining his life-as a prospector and as a mining engineer. He became an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In more than 90 years as an Arizonan, he has witnessed many changes, and, in fact, as a surveyor, he mapped a lot of them!In this second of two volumes, Bob describes his university years and his work for big mining companies in Bisbee and then as a smalltime entrepreneur in a region where mining had fallen upon hard times. He also recalls his service in World War II, after which, for 50 years, he was a mining consultant and owner of a surveying firm in Patagonia. In addition, he recounts tales told by a few of the historic maps in his vast collection.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: It Seems Like Only Yesterday: Mining and ...
Verlag: iUniverse
Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Good