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In a word, I kept the due state of man worth a hundred thousand dollars prospectively, and likely to reach absolute affluence when that silver-mine sale should be ultimately achieved in the east.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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In a word, I kept the due state of man worth a hundred thousand dollars prospectively, and likely to reach absolute affluence when that silver-mine sale should be ultimately achieved in the east.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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Canadian mining company Greystar Resources Ltd. expects to invest between $500 million and $600 million at its Angostura gold - and silver-mine project in northeastern Colombia over the next five years, said Frederick Felder, Greystar's executive vice president.
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Barclays Capital estimates silver-mine production will rise 6.5% this year, faster than 2007's 3.6%, causing "the largest surplus in over 20 years."
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She was the child of a military officer, and had come out there with her sister, who was married to one of the owners of the silver-mine, and who had three children with her.
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The reason of its being so called, was, that the English colony owned and worked a silver-mine over on the mainland, in Honduras, and used this Island as a safe and convenient place to store their silver in, until it was annually fetched away by the sloop.
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She was the child of a military officer, and had come out there with her sister, who was married to one of the owners of the silver-mine, and who had three children with her.
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The reason of its being so called, was, that the English colony owned and worked a silver-mine over on the mainland, in Honduras, and used this Island as a safe and convenient place to store their silver in, until it was annually fetched away by the sloop.
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Portuguese expected that a fabulous silver-mine would be rediscovered.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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A short time since an English physician returned to England from Copiapó, taking with him the profits of one share in a silver-mine, which amounted to about 24,000 pounds sterling.
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