Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mining. Show all posts

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Jerome



The wickedest town in the west?  The fourth largest town in Arizona territory?

These are the things Jerome used to be known for.
Now it's known as a good day trip from Phoenix and the home of several art galleries.

It's hillside 1930s state is mostly preserved and it gets enough attention to save it from being a complete ghost town. 

Friday, February 22, 2013

Granite

 People often take things "for granite" when they should be taking them for granted--an annoying grammar mistake.
But here's a city where "granite" might make more sense.
 In Bangalore, there are so many granite mines, that a regular sized slab of granite is less than $10.
People use granite for sidewalks, houses, fences--all over the place.
In other locations, granite is a more precious commodity and much more costly. 
But not here.
Here they can take it for granite...

...granted, I mean.