- Author
- Lichty, Jean M.
- Date of Publication
- 1964
sufficient funds to carry on the operation, it was left idle.
The scarcity of jobs, and poor pay during this time probably accounts
for the persistance with which the mine was repeatedly opened, and then
closed during the years from 1732 to the 1850's.
"During the 1850's, the Gap Mine took a turn for the