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Page 172
... sulphur as fuel to smelt the copper . The waste sulphur floated up the furnace chimneys , blackening the landscape in summer and brewing grimy , yellow fogs in winter . In 1900 , when seven or eight furnaces were in con- tinuous blast ...
... sulphur as fuel to smelt the copper . The waste sulphur floated up the furnace chimneys , blackening the landscape in summer and brewing grimy , yellow fogs in winter . In 1900 , when seven or eight furnaces were in con- tinuous blast ...
Page 173
... sulphur from the ore . Five days later Sticht chanced to meet Philip Mackay , young metallurgist from the Sulphide Corporation , Newcastle ( N.S.W. ) , who was inspecting the Mt. Lyell smelters before returning to Illinois . Sticht was ...
... sulphur from the ore . Five days later Sticht chanced to meet Philip Mackay , young metallurgist from the Sulphide Corporation , Newcastle ( N.S.W. ) , who was inspecting the Mt. Lyell smelters before returning to Illinois . Sticht was ...
Page 282
... sulphur previously discharged in the sintering plant . The return to semi - pyritic smelting and the successful ... sulphur , became an important product and by 1938 the company was producing 50,000 tons annually for export to the ...
... sulphur previously discharged in the sintering plant . The return to semi - pyritic smelting and the successful ... sulphur , became an important product and by 1938 the company was producing 50,000 tons annually for export to the ...
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