Politicians wanted to mine
Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no. Douglas Brinkley
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Politicians wanted to mine the Grand Canyon for zinc and copper, and Theodore Roosevelt said no. Douglas Brinkley
My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen’s overtime. Donald Coggan
Chocolate is an extraordinary source of key stress-fighting minerals including: magnesium, iron, chromium, vanadium, copper, zinc, manganese, and phosphorus. These minerals favorably influence a woman’s hormone system, which explains why chocolate has always been considered important for a woman’s monthly cycle. David Wolfe
They dont understand what real treasure is. They see it in gold and copper, and tin. They see in herds of horses or cattle. They gather treasures to themselves, building great storehouses, which they guard ferociously. Then they die. What good is it then? David Gemmell
For average working folks, America was becoming a puzzle. Who was buying all these two-hundred-dollar copper saucepans, anyway? And how was everyone paying for these BMWs? Were people shrewd or just stupefyingly irresponsible? Daniel Suarez
Can you love someone you don’t trust? Absolutely, he said. I have a sister I wouldn’t lend two copper lengths if I wanted them back. The problem with loving someone you don’t trust is finding the right distance. Daniel Abraham
What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, Jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men, or regal black Women from whose loins I sprang When the birds of Eden sang? Countee Cullen
At 7:45 p.m. I was shot in the left arm by a friend. The bullet was a copper jacket 22 long rifle. My friend was standing about fifteen feet from me. Chris Burden
… as lonesome as a kitten in a wash-house copper with the lid on. Charles Dickens
Hallo! A great deal of steam! the pudding was out of the copper. A smell like a washing-day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastrycook’s next door to each other, with a laundress’s next door to that. That was the pudding. Charles Dickens