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Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better k
Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better k
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2014-12-31
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Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’ s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as "Baby Doe". Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. A few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "Great deposits of lead are sure to be found here." he said.
As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’ s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to "
grubstake
" prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or "grub", while they looked for ore, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference," He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pitts burgh Mine," made $1,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.
If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following part?
选项
A、Tabor’s life.
B、Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth Mc Court.
C、Other colorful characters.
D、Tabor’s other careers.
答案
B
解析
推断题。短文开头指出Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H. AW.Tabor and his second wife,Elizabeth McCourt,better known as“Baby Doe”.即在Leadville的黄金年代,Tabor和他的第二任妻子ElizabethMcCourt都是非常有名的。接着文章都在讲述Tabor是怎样一步一步发家致富的,因此下文应该介绍Elizabeth McCourt。故答案为B。
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