smeltery
Americannoun
PLURAL
smelteriesEtymology
Origin of smeltery
Example Sentences
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There are districts that have many small gold and silver mines with ores that do not yield to simple milling processes and which must therefore be shipped to custom smelteries.
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I visited a huge smeltery not long ago, and saw how gold and silver were separated from their ores.
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The smelteries and rolling-mills are built at places where the materials are most conveniently hauled.
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In addition to the tin and precious metals, there are great beds of excellent coal—enough for all the smelteries and manufactories in the island.
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He created a Board of Mines, established smelteries, and the day came when, instead of going abroad for its munitions of war, Sweden had for its customers half Europe.
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