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This paper discusses the Montana copper mines, which, at the turn of the 20th century, were a focus of desperate conflict very unique for any place and any time. The paper describes the backgrounds of the three Copper Kings - William Clark, Maracus Daly and F. Heinze , and the battle these men waged amongst themselves for control of the mines. The day to day life of the minors, the conditions they toiled under, and the legacy that the copper wars of Montana had on the labor practices we enjoy today are also discussed.

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"Daly and his partners bought up as many adjoining properties as they could get their hands on and then imported laborers from around the world. He especially liked the Irish or course because he was born there. What Daly didn't know at the time was that they were sitting on the largest copper sulfide deposit in the Americas (7). He built a smelter at Anaconda which was 26 miles west of Butte and connected it by rail with Butte. In 1882, he decided to mine the copper ore and increase production (3). Daly's decision to mine the pure copper or glance coincided with two major industrial advances, the dawning of the electrical age and the invention of the telephone. In 1876, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Alexander Graham Bell introduced the telephone. Then in 1880 Edison began to really develop his ideas for transporting electricity for city lights and both new inventions needed copper wire (7). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. History of Montana, (last modified April 10, 2006). Retrieved on 5/1/06 http://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/History_of_Montana
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Copper Kings, (last modified April 10, 2006). Retrieved on 4/29/06 http://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Copper_Kings
• The Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, 2001-05, sv. Daly, Marcus.
• The Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, 2001-05, sv. Clark, William Andrews
• The Columbia Encyclopedia, sixth edition, 2001-05, sv. Heinze, Fredrick Augustus

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