The Silver Magnet Author:Grant Shepperd Life in a small Mexican mining town in the latter half ofv the nineteenth century.Author attempts to depict the ongoing difficulties faced to rehabilitate a small mining operation in Batopilas, Chihuahua; mixed in with these trials and tribulations, the author includes a bit of history, family activities, and the intermingling of the miners and ... more »the town people. The presence of this new businessman in the hacienda at the mine of San Miguel, had an undeniable impact on the mine and the town of Batopilas. Soon the region reaped the benefits of the author's fathers energy, and enthusiasm, the workers, at the time earning an incredible $1.50 per day, was the best salery in the entire state.« less