Raw materials and technology fuel U.S. economic growth
Mining Engineering
, 2002, Vol. 54, No. 12, pp. 2-6
Kelly, Thomas D.
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In 1900, the average U.S. citizen’s average life span was 47 years. He traveled about 1,900 km (1,200 miles) in a lifetime and resided in a home with an icebox for food storage and oil or gas for lighting. He communicated by mail, telegraph and crude telephones with limited availability and range.
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