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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... feet , and , with the other workings , amounted in all to 1,500 feet of excavation . The oldest Ameri - sey , can charter for a mining company was grant- ed in 1709 , for working the copper ores at Simsbury , Connecticut . Operations ...
... feet , and , with the other workings , amounted in all to 1,500 feet of excavation . The oldest Ameri - sey , can charter for a mining company was grant- ed in 1709 , for working the copper ores at Simsbury , Connecticut . Operations ...
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... feet ; in one instance in Berks county , Penn . , to 165 feet ; and when abandoned , as they sometimes are , it is questionable whether this is not rather owing to the increased expenses incurred in continuing the enormous excavations ...
... feet ; in one instance in Berks county , Penn . , to 165 feet ; and when abandoned , as they sometimes are , it is questionable whether this is not rather owing to the increased expenses incurred in continuing the enormous excavations ...
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... feet thick , and the sandstone strata with which they are associated are sometimes so ferruginous as to be themselves workable ores . The true ores are sometimes entirely made up of the forms of fossil marine shells , the original ...
... feet thick , and the sandstone strata with which they are associated are sometimes so ferruginous as to be themselves workable ores . The true ores are sometimes entirely made up of the forms of fossil marine shells , the original ...
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... feet . In 1830 the iron establishments of this place were still objects of considerable interest , though from the accounts of them published in the American Journal of Science of that year , it appears that the annual pro- duction of ...
... feet . In 1830 the iron establishments of this place were still objects of considerable interest , though from the accounts of them published in the American Journal of Science of that year , it appears that the annual pro- duction of ...
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... feet . Over 20,000 tons a year of ore have been produced , at a cost of from $ 1.30 to $ 1.50 per ton . of the great iron furnaces of the Lehigh for these ores being on the more extensive mines of New Jersey ; while the only sup- plies ...
... feet . Over 20,000 tons a year of ore have been produced , at a cost of from $ 1.30 to $ 1.50 per ton . of the great iron furnaces of the Lehigh for these ores being on the more extensive mines of New Jersey ; while the only sup- plies ...
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