tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post1497499882039223640..comments2024-03-26T22:55:14.070-07:00Comments on Avoiding Regret: Photo Essay: Paying My Respects Along the Nevada Silver TrailsSandi Hemmerleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16500439516140538378noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-28057974038554216892021-02-04T08:35:22.865-08:002021-02-04T08:35:22.865-08:00So exciting to see this. My paternal grandmother w...So exciting to see this. My paternal grandmother was a Leschen, so I know quite a bit about the company and their extensive history in western US mining in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. Their patented "Hercules Red Strand" wire rope served the mining industry well during that period and beyond in bridges and construction projects since 1857. The family sold the company in the early 1950s as the slump after WWII proved to be a difficult time. Leschen Wire Rope is still manufactured today to the same standards as the early mining days. On a light note, much of the mining business was paid "on the come" in mining shares that were never worth much, if anything. My family joked about that after the company was gone. The long abandoned crumbing 35-acre plant (and 3-blocks of company provided houses) still exists in downtown St. Louis as a testament to the German immigrant Leschen family.Jay Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435080361878487203noreply@blogger.com