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On the banks of the Maramec and the Gasconade are found numerous caves, which yield an earth impregnated largely with nitre, procured from it by lixiviation.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

After lixiviation, the addition of lye converts the calcium and magnesium nitrates into saltpetre, i.e.,

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The alum was secured by burning the rock, and lixiviation.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The Pollok process is a newer, and stated to be a cheaper mode of lixiviation by chlorine.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

A good deal of salt is made by lixiviation of the soil and evaporating by fire.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace