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Architectural gem or paste, St. Pat's was nevertheless one of the city's landmarks, on one of the most highly valued sites in Manhattan. The rock beneath it had cost only $1,600 in 1810. Now, in the bustling shadow of Rockefeller Center, the two-acre lot is valued at more than...
Burke casually struck the mound with a pick, heard a ping and felt rock beneath. He and Bromley pulled away the moss. Said Burke later: "I was pretty excited. Free gold in flakes...
Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, a mosaic-walled mosque in a corner of the Old City, is Islam's third holiest shrine. From the Rock, Mohamed, led by the Angel Gabriel, ascended on el-Buraq, his eagle-winged mare with the human face, to visit the seven heavens of Islam. (Mohamed's footprint, judged by Mark Twain to be about size 18, is still pointed out to true believers; in the 12th Century it was shown as the footprint of Christ.) Here the muezzin's wail is still heard from the upper air, calling...
...black Rock, according to one legend, Abraham prepared to sacrifice Isaac. Over this Rock stood Solomon's Temple. The Wailing Wall, part of the mosque area, is all of the Jewish Temple that remains. On this rock the Emperor Hadrian built a temple to Jupiter; the Crusaders built a church...
...silver to the ton. Prospectors poured in, and made one jewelry-store strike after another. In four years, 44 mines were opened. By 1916 Cobalt mines had produced 300,000,000 oz. of silver. By 1922 the richest veins had petered out and the price had hit rock bottom...