copper-works

The quantity of coals consumed by the copper-works is enormous.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 Various

A canal runs up the vale into the country for sixteen miles, to an elevation of 372 feet: it is flanked near the copper-works by many millions of tons of copper slag; and there are no less than thirty-six locks on the line.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 Various

There are only six other copper-works in the kingdom besides those of Swansea, five of which are within fifteen miles of that town; the other is at Amlwch

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 Various

The workmen at the Swedish melting-house showed the same thing to some travellers in the seventeenth century; for Regnard saw it in 1681, at the copper-works in Lapland.

The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé Harry Houdini 1900

I saw the copper-works also, and acknowledged the Lord in the gifts and the faculties He hath given to the children of men.

Samuel Rutherford Whyte, Alexander 1894

This modification is now employed in copper-works in Spain,

A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886

I saw the copper-works also, and acknowledged the Lord in the gifts and the faculties He hath given to the children of men.

Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents Alexander Whyte 1878

From its geographical position and excellent harbour, Swansea was at once selected as the best port on the Welsh coast in which to establish the copper-works; and accordingly, the Swansea valley was soon planted with chimneys, furnaces, roasters, refiners, and, in short, all the necessary and costly enginery which belongs to the vast and intricate processes of smelting copper.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

Few of our readers, who have not enjoyed our opportunities of seeing them, can form any accurate conception of the vast extent and great economical value and importance of the Swansea copper-works.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841

The hills, particularly to the southeast of the copper-works, are barren in the extreme.

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 458 Volume 18, New Series, October 9, 1852 Various 1841