First Century of National Existence: The United States as They Were and are ... Mineral Wealth ... Public Lands ... Internal Trade ... Immigration ... Banking ... Insurance ... Literature and Authors ...L. Stebbins, 1874 - 586 pages |
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... course of the Ausable river , where water power near some of the ore beds presents a favorable site . Bar iron is made at these establishments direct from the ores ; and at Keeseville nail factories are in operation , converting a ...
... course of the Ausable river , where water power near some of the ore beds presents a favorable site . Bar iron is made at these establishments direct from the ores ; and at Keeseville nail factories are in operation , converting a ...
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... course of construction , and those nearer the Schuylkill supply the furnaces along this river . The largest bed is the Moselem , in Berks county , six miles west - south - west from Kutztown . It has been very extensively worked ...
... course of construction , and those nearer the Schuylkill supply the furnaces along this river . The largest bed is the Moselem , in Berks county , six miles west - south - west from Kutztown . It has been very extensively worked ...
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... course of this chapter . Until the discovery of the Lake Superior mines , native copper , from its scarcity , was regarded rather as a curiosity than as an important source of supply . The workable ores were chiefly pyritous copper ...
... course of this chapter . Until the discovery of the Lake Superior mines , native copper , from its scarcity , was regarded rather as a curiosity than as an important source of supply . The workable ores were chiefly pyritous copper ...
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... course with them , and dip in general with the slope of the strata . Some of the larger veins consist in great part of epidote , and the copper in these is much less dense than in the quartz veins , forming tangled masses which are ...
... course with them , and dip in general with the slope of the strata . Some of the larger veins consist in great part of epidote , and the copper in these is much less dense than in the quartz veins , forming tangled masses which are ...
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... course of half an hour is quite taken up by the copper , and coming in contact with the particles of car- bon the oxygen combines with this , and re- moves it in the form of carbonic acid gas . For larger and more common hollow ar ...
... course of half an hour is quite taken up by the copper , and coming in contact with the particles of car- bon the oxygen combines with this , and re- moves it in the form of carbonic acid gas . For larger and more common hollow ar ...
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