I only specifically know about copper mining because I went to school in Arizona and had a required Arizona history class. Copper is a big deal here.
Also people should read up on the Bisbee Deportation. It’s not talked about a lot outside leftist nerds in Arizona. ~85% of (copper) miners went on a wobbly lead strike in Bisbee, the sheriff deputized 2000 people and they went on a rampage arresting every striking miner and stealing shit from all the stores. They then corralled all the miners at a baseball field and watched over them with a car mounted machine gun until they forced everyone into cattle cars and dropped them off in the middle of nowhere New Mexico.
I only specifically know about copper mining because I went to school in Arizona and had a required Arizona history class. Copper is a big deal here.
Also people should read up on the Bisbee Deportation. It’s not talked about a lot outside leftist nerds in Arizona. ~85% of (copper) miners went on a wobbly lead strike in Bisbee, the sheriff deputized 2000 people and they went on a rampage arresting every striking miner and stealing shit from all the stores. They then corralled all the miners at a baseball field and watched over them with a car mounted machine gun until they forced everyone into cattle cars and dropped them off in the middle of nowhere New Mexico.