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Leadville, but I met so many men coming back, with tales of what numbers of idle men there were up there unable to get work, that, hearing of a place called Sulphide as a rising camp, I decided to go there instead.
The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Chase [Illustrator] Emerson 1887
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Sulphide ores, rather than oxide ores are the more common ore type in modern mining.
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The theory that life originated in hydrothermal vents hails from "A Hydrothermally Precipitated Catalytic Iron Sulphide Membrane as a First Step Towards Life" by M.J. Russel et al. (Journal of Molecular Evolution, v39, 1994).
Starfish 1999
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Sulphide values can be leached from waste dumps of old mining operations by spraying acid solutions containing leaching bacteria over their surfaces.
Chapter 6 1984
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Sulphide of ammonium gives sulpho-cyanide of ammonium.
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No. 1 Crystalised nitrate of silver, 1 drachm; soft water, 1 oz.No. 2 Sulphide (sulphuret is the same) of potassium, 1 drachm; soft water, 1 oz.; wash the beard or hair with soap to remove oil, dry with a towel a little then apply No. 1, and directly after it No. 2, for a few minutes, alternately, using different tooth brushes for each No. Clear days are best on which to apply it.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Daniel Young
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Sulphide of potassium, one ounce to a gallon of water, is also a reliable remedy.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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Sulphide of gold would have been produced by the action of sulphuretted hydrogen; hence probably our auriferous pyrites lodes, while silicate of gold might have resulted from a combination of gold chlorides with silicic acid, and thus the frequent presence of gold in quartz is accounted for.
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
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Nux Vomica, one pound; Hardwood Charcoal, two pounds; Sulphur, two pounds; Common Salt, three pounds; Sulphide of Antimony, one and one-half pounds; Glauber Salts, two pounds; Bicarbonate of Soda, four pounds; Hyposulphite of Soda, four pounds; Nitrate of Potash, one pound;
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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Powdered Quassia, one pound; Sulphur, two pounds; Glauber Salts, one pound; Powdered Tobacco, one-half pound; Sulphide of Antimony, one pound; Hyposulphite of Soda, two pounds; Beechwood Charcoal, one pound;
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
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