Unsung Charcoal Burners Kept Mining Town Smelters Going

They fueled the Western mining industry. In the late 19th century, Eureka, Nevada, a mining town with over a dozen smelters, was known as the “Pittsburgh of the West.” Labor disputes in such towns often turned violent, and an August 1879 dispute in Eureka was no exception, leaving five men dead and many wounded, including …

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