Hard-rockJournalism: Burt Brewster and the Review BY W I L L I A M R. L I N D L E Y
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Burt B. Brewster, influential editor and publisher of the Mining and Contracting Review. Courtesy of Mrs. Burt B. Brewster.
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not the kind of man you remember for his tactful remarks, courteous gestures, and his patience. He had none of these qualities in any notable degree. His position in life was not really impressive cither, though—booster that he was—he could almost persuade you that the editor of the Mining and Contracting Review of Salt Lake City was the force behind every ton of ore that was trundled out of the Oquirrh Mountains and down to the mills and smelters which raised their tall stacks near the shore of Great Salt Lake. And his little publication stepped on some big toes. "An anemic publication," said Harold L. Ickes, while John L. Lewis called
