Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mill, or metallurgical plant, used in treating silver ores by either the wet or the dry process.
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Examples
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He said that after we got the ore out it must be hauled in wagons to a distant silver-mill, ground up, and the silver extracted by a tedious and costly process.
Roughing It Mark Twain 1872
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He said that after we got the ore out it must be hauled in wagons to a distant silver-mill, ground up, and the silver extracted by a tedious and costly process.
Roughing It, Part 3. Mark Twain 1872
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He said that after we got the ore out it must be hauled in wagons to a distant silver-mill, ground up, and the silver extracted by a tedious and costly process.
Roughing It 1871
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