The Silver Magnet: Fifty Years in a Mexican Silver Mine

Grant Shepherd's personal account of life in Chihuahua, Mexico. Shepherd's father, a former Washington, D.C., governor, moved his family to the village of Batopilas in 1880, when Grant was five years old, to take over a silver mine. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's online version of the same title.