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Page 245
... concentrate on hand , they decided to refine their own zinc . The Electrolytic Zinc Company proceeded to build zinc ... concentrate for thirty or forty years ; and if the cost of landing a Rosebery zinc concentrate at Hobart exceeded the ...
... concentrate on hand , they decided to refine their own zinc . The Electrolytic Zinc Company proceeded to build zinc ... concentrate for thirty or forty years ; and if the cost of landing a Rosebery zinc concentrate at Hobart exceeded the ...
Page 281
... concentrate that looked like sloppy cement into small black lumps , and in this form the concentrate melted quickly in the furnace instead of being blown as dust up the chimney stack by the great heat and air pressure . In 1934 the ...
... concentrate that looked like sloppy cement into small black lumps , and in this form the concentrate melted quickly in the furnace instead of being blown as dust up the chimney stack by the great heat and air pressure . In 1934 the ...
Page 282
... concentrate into a matte of forty to forty - five per cent copper made the furnace one of the most efficient in the world . Nevertheless , it is a freak process and when D. H. Wilsdon , the present metallurgist , went around the world ...
... concentrate into a matte of forty to forty - five per cent copper made the furnace one of the most efficient in the world . Nevertheless , it is a freak process and when D. H. Wilsdon , the present metallurgist , went around the world ...
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