Word: goldfield
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...Goldfield '90, who had flown home to San Francisco for the World Series this week only to find a 6.9 earthquake displacing his hometown baseball contest...
...blue-gray mineral used primarily in strengthening steel. Mines in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho led the Mountain States in production of lead ($49 million) and zinc ($24 million) last year. Silver and gold, those minerals that helped build and bust 19th century boom towns like Goldfield, Nev., and Silver City, Idaho, are still being mined in great quantities. The Mountain States produce 70% of the nation's gold and 50% of its silver. Not all of the companies streaming into the Rockies come with drilling equipment and mining machinery. By 1975, for the first time...