Show saga of western mining camps one of romance modern buildings replace tents and shacks above americans AmerI cals f t copper miners right phelps dodge corpora tion alo arizona above nevada consolidated copper co santa rita new mexico above old prospect se tora tars were romantic fig arts nits right In inspire spira tion consolidated miami arizona M W M K above mountain Mount aln CRY COP mountain city nevada right typical miners dwellings of long ago T ONO ONG before the network of teel steel 11 L 1 rails mailo made accessible most dost every part of the par far west the prospector with hla his burro pick and camping outfit was a romantic figure as aa he hunted tor for tho the precious metals gold and silver on the heels of 0 his bis discoveries sprang up maning camps that in the old days day were wild and wooly woolf and which for I 1 t a generation have furnished fiction writena with material for thrillers Th most of the gold and silver mines played out and aad many mining camps haro bavo long since elno become ghost towns it waa aras tho the discovery by boms of these old desert rati rate of copper oldest metal of commerce tw h hafi placed the western d 80 fey corida grniet grNA et V ewt aw WW sy nh fly s t acas N wi N A J tp producers of mans most useful metal maw whore where camps campa and towns were built during the gold and silver rush mh great cities were constructed ted as a result of the discovery and mining of copper to day practically every basic I 1 industry depends la in one way or another on this metal which was made by nature rustproof rust proof today throughout northern michigan montana utah nevada new mexico and arlinna Ar Arl liona tona modem cities and towns havo have been con str acted by the copper companies to house their employed emp loyes no longer do the miners and other I 1 employed emp loyes ur in tents and fl hacks but in modern modem homes with electric electrio lights every other convenience beverl parm AP ago oar wa k vented a double lock type copped copper root roof with a felt backing that for the first time made this age oli old metal as for roofs as any material expected to give a good performance of service cov cop per roots roofs have given centuries of 0 satisfactory service on great cathedrals of the tha old world and the temples of tho the far east this new type double lock copper root roof has beer been and ts Is now being used by most moat all 11 of the larger copper mining companies to root the homes of their employed emp loyes not hot only are these new type copper roofs being balne used by the mining companies but also by thousands of home builders throughout the land they come under the approved MIA government loan |