This Arkansas mining town reached 3,000 people during the World War I zinc boom; by 1920, its population had plunged to 344 | World News
Rush, Arkansas, grew from a zinc mining settlement into a community of up to 3,000 residents during the mining boom associated with the First World War. Rising demand for zinc, used in brass for weapons and ammunition, helped drive production at Rush Mountain between 1911 and 1918. However, the boom was short-lived. After the war,…