Famous quotes containing the words west and/or mining:
“These emblems of twilight have seen at length,
And the man red-faced and tall seen, leaning
In the day of his strength
Not as a pine, but the stiff form
Against the west pillar....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“It’s a mining town in lotus land.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)