FIRST CENTURY OF NATIONAL EXISTENCE; THE UNITED STATES AS THEY WERE AND ARE1875 |
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... known , and the dependence of the country upon Great Britain for the supply of iron had so checked the development of this branch of manufacture , that comparatively nothing was known of our own resources in the mines of this metal ...
... known , and the dependence of the country upon Great Britain for the supply of iron had so checked the development of this branch of manufacture , that comparatively nothing was known of our own resources in the mines of this metal ...
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... known , even in the ex- treme western states , where the cost of " Scotch pig iron " has been more than doubled by the transportation , than has that of the rich ores of these very states . And thus it is the annual production of the ...
... known , even in the ex- treme western states , where the cost of " Scotch pig iron " has been more than doubled by the transportation , than has that of the rich ores of these very states . And thus it is the annual production of the ...
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... known , are favorite ores . They are met with in great irregular - shaped deposits ( apparently derived from other forms in which the iron was distributed ) , in- termixed with ochres , clays , and sands , some- times in scattered lumps ...
... known , are favorite ores . They are met with in great irregular - shaped deposits ( apparently derived from other forms in which the iron was distributed ) , in- termixed with ochres , clays , and sands , some- times in scattered lumps ...
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... known as the dyestone ore ; Through Virginia , east and west of the Blue and western Tennessee presented a very in- Ridge , hematite ores abound in the limestone teresting and important district of hematites valleys , and magnetic ores ...
... known as the dyestone ore ; Through Virginia , east and west of the Blue and western Tennessee presented a very in- Ridge , hematite ores abound in the limestone teresting and important district of hematites valleys , and magnetic ores ...
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... known . The district approaches or knobby , but the outside is pretty smooth and reg- within twelve miles of the coast of Lake ular . All these pots were undoubtedly once balls Superior , from which it is more conveniently of carbonates ...
... known . The district approaches or knobby , but the outside is pretty smooth and reg- within twelve miles of the coast of Lake ular . All these pots were undoubtedly once balls Superior , from which it is more conveniently of carbonates ...
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