On Anaconda, see Isaac F. Marcosson, "Anaconda" New York: Dodd & Mead, 1957 for the standard company history up to 1957. Bob Gordon At 06:55 PM 8/23/00 -0400, you wrote: >Re Anaconda, a book which would be of interest is >"Copper", by Ira B. Joraleman, published by Howell North Books, >Berkeley, California, in 1973. ISBN 0-8310-7103-6. >He has quite a bit to say about Anaconda. > >The book's dedication is "To My Wife", for which he uses >"A Prospectors Dedication", namely > >"I got a good woman, too. She's a hard worker, and a good >cook, and she ain't so good-lookin' so that any other fellar >besides myself is likely to get stuck on her." > >Tony Brewis %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%