To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
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Argentiferous
Synonyms for "argentiferous" (1 found)
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6 translations across 6 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- argentífer adj (containing or producing silver)
French
1 entries- argentifère adj (containing or producing silver)
Ido
1 entries- arjentoza adj (containing or producing silver)
Italian
1 entries- argentifero adj (containing or producing silver)
Portuguese
1 entries- argentífero adj (containing or producing silver)
Spanish
1 entries- argentífero adj (containing or producing silver)
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The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
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Where’s the argentiferous wind-jammer of Nebraska whose fervescent oratory knocked the Chicago Convention head over heels? What’s become of the tridentiferous statesman from Carolina? Can it be possible that silver is to be trodden down by the feet and claws of gold-bugs, flattened by the Kanchulla of money-devils or swallowed by the squamigerous hydra of Wall Street?
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