Quote#Money & Wealth
The mine owners "did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold,…
Quote byWilliam Dudley Haywood · 1869–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Haywood, William D. The Autobiography of Big Bill Haywood. New York: International Publishers, 1929, p. 171..
English (original)
The mine owners "did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!"
— William Dudley Haywood
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