Anaconda

Anaconda by Marcosson Issac Dodd Mead, 1957, unstated edition Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, pages heavily tanned due to paper used. Cloth cover is clean, dust jacket shows some slight signs of wear, small tear on top spine. This is the story of Anaconda one the largest mining operations in its day. Think copper and you think Anaconda. This is the story of the men behind the mine, Marcus Daly a penniless Irish immigrant who became one of the first copper kings, C.F. Kelly who earned his first dollar at the mine through Clyde Weed a simple mucker who at the time writing this book had risen to be president of the company. At the time Anaconda owned The American Brass Company, Zine Fume treatment plants, aluminum plants, lumber mills, refinery's smelters, uranium plants and many more related business's. A great read. B&W photos, 368 pages.