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Teddy Roosevelt: “The miner must have timber or he can not operate his mine, and in very many cases the profit which mining yields is…”

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The miner must have timber or he can not operate his mine, and in very many cases the profit which mining yields is directly proportionate to the cost of timber supply.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the necessity of timber for mining operations, linking timber supply to mining profitability.

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