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Page 79
... Comstock Copper Co. unearthed a deposit of copper on the northern slopes of Mt. Lyell . It was an isolated ore body , differing from the Iron Blow in chemical composition and too poor to be mined at a profit . To raise money for a ...
... Comstock Copper Co. unearthed a deposit of copper on the northern slopes of Mt. Lyell . It was an isolated ore body , differing from the Iron Blow in chemical composition and too poor to be mined at a profit . To raise money for a ...
Page 183
... Comstock Copper Company , forgot its old leases , and concentrated on exploring and diamond drilling the Comstock mine on the other side of the Mt. Lyell . The Comstock ore body , containing several hundred thous- and tons of three per ...
... Comstock Copper Company , forgot its old leases , and concentrated on exploring and diamond drilling the Comstock mine on the other side of the Mt. Lyell . The Comstock ore body , containing several hundred thous- and tons of three per ...
Page 184
... Comstock director in England when he chanced to hear that the Minerals Separation Co. , the Australian patentees of the flotation process , would probably erect a concentration mill at the Comstock mine . If this process concentrated ...
... Comstock director in England when he chanced to hear that the Minerals Separation Co. , the Australian patentees of the flotation process , would probably erect a concentration mill at the Comstock mine . If this process concentrated ...
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