Word: mined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...friend of mine bought a house that was overrun with mice-hundreds of mice...
...Wipe all cabs off the streets," was the imperious order. "Not a wheel will roll," was the chesty prediction. Mighty John L. Lewis and the grabbag District 50 of the United Mine Workers had gone to the big city: they were going to take over New York City's 36,000 hackies and mechanics, and force union recognition from the taxi owners. They might even get more money...
...could seldom bring myself to say it. A woman and a politician must say that word often, and mean it-or else." But if he had any regrets Jimmy kept them to himself. Said he: "I have carried youth right up to the fifty-yard mark. I had mine and made the most...
...about Liberia's "Devil Mountain," a rich lode of iron ore in the Bomi Hills. Business-wise Christie, who had made a small fortune operating a barge line in New York, went back to Liberia after he was demobilized. He wangled a concession from the Liberian government to mine the mountain area, where ore assayed 68% iron (average in the Mesabi Range...
Christie has already spent $1,500,000 on his project, $300,000 of it building a road from Monrovia to the mountain 45 miles away. He expects to spend a total of $8,000,000 building a railroad to the mine and getting the mine in operation. Just how much ore is in the mountain has not been determined. But Christie and Republic estimate it upwards of 30 million tons, enough to make the deal highly profitable for both of them, as well as for Liberia...