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galena
galena (lead sulphide, PbS) Grey metallic mineral, major ore of
lead. It is found in hydrothermal veins and as a replacement in limestone and dolomite rocks. Hardness 2.5–2.7; r.d. 7.5.
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GALENA 'OLDNESS' QUAINT TOWN'S MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/2/1987; 700+ words
; ...mansions that dot Prospect Street add to Galena's charm. (Photo by Catherine Watson...Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Hooked on Galena for nearly 15 years, she is now restoring...home there. You have to like old to like Galena. This is no town for lovers of chrome...
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Galena pays the price of progress
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 7/15/1990; ; 700+ words
; GALENA, Ill. Here in "the town that time forgot," no...million tourists pumped roughly $53 million into Galena and surrounding Jo Daviess County. Unlike many small towns, Galena's economy is growing. It maintains nearly 100 percent...
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 "Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Galena's silver lining: New firm hopes to make mine profitable.
Newspaper article from: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); 3/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...Mark Hartmann scanned the walls of the Galena Mine, looking for a tell-tale sparkle...Silver-lead mineralization -- called galena -- is prevalent in its namesake mine...where its predecessor failed: Make the Galena profitable and ensure a future for the...
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Galena Commences Internal Drilling on Past Producing Maria Project.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 7/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...23, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Galena Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FYI) (the Company or Galena ) is pleased to announce the commencement...Qualified Person, can be reviewed on the Galena website. The drill program will take advantage...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Galena rolls on
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 11/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The first quarter has always been Galena's 12- minute haven, a time when opposing...kickoff squib, the test for top-seeded Galena came earlier than it imagined. "It was a little scary," Galena quarterback Gavin Kaiser said, "but...
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 "AK Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, AK)")
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Galena, Alaska, council opens the door to nuclear project.
Newspaper article from: AK Journal of Commerce (Anchorage, AK); 12/26/2004; 700+ words
; Byline: Tim Bradner Dec. 26--Galena's city council unanimously approved a resolution...Regulatory Commission for the project, according to Galena city manager Marvin Yoder. Galena is a small community west of Fairbanks, on the Yukon...
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 "Courier News (Elgin, IL)")
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Galena offers fun for entire family Head out on the highway
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 7/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; A stroll along Main Street in Galena, Ill., will have visitors feeling as...Located about 130 miles northwest of Elgin, Galena offers attractions suitable for both adults...kids.|A stroll along Main Street in Galena, Ill., will have visitors feeling as...
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Galena will glow by light of silvery balloons; Halloween event: Hot- air balloons to fill the skies
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 10/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; GALENA, Ill. - This Halloween season jack-o...lanterns won't be the only things glowing in Galena. Imagine 50- to 80-foot-high hot...Lindstrand Balloons USA, founded Balloons over Galena to organize what they hope will become the...
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Galena & Illinois Events
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 9/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Chestnut Mountain Resort, Blackjack Road, Galena; Other activities, White Park, Hanover...free, family $5. WATERCOLOR EXHIBIT GALENA, Ill. - The Grace Episcopal Arts Council...tours depart from 1004 Park Avenue in Galena on Saturdays at 3:00, 5:00 and 7...
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GALENA // Glories and worries in a tourist boomstown
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 9/23/1990; ; 700+ words
; GALENA, Ill. Never mind that there's a T-shirt shop and a wax museum on Galena's Main Street now. Or that video stores and...hymn sings in the venerable parlors. If you watch Galena emerge from the dawn mists on a clear fall morning...
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Galena-Dubuque Mining District
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GALENA-DUBUQUE MINING DISTRICT GALENA-DUBUQUE MINING DISTRICT is located in southwestern Wisconsin...Dubuque. Henry Shreve took a barge of lead to New Orleans from the Galena River mines as early as 1810. The first government leases to...
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galena
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
galena or lead glance, lustrous, blue-gray mineral crystallizing usually in cubes...producer of lead) and in Australia, Canada, England, France, and Mexico. Galena crystals were once much used in radio "crystal" sets.
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Chicago and North Western Holdings Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Company, originally chartered in 1836 as Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Employees...January of 1836, when the charter for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (GCU) was...nearby lead mines at Dubuque, Iowa, and Galena, Illinois. No work was done, however...
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Lead
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...for lead production. The most common is called galena. The pure form of galena contains only lead and sulfur, but it is usually...granulated sugar. Flotation 3 The principal lead ore, galena, is properly known as lead sulfide, and sulfur...
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lead–zinc deposits
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...gold. The sulphides of lead and zinc (galena and sphalerite) are important ore minerals...where they occur with those of copper. Galena and sphalerite are also commonly found...deposits are comprised of fine layers of galena and sphalerite, together with pyrite...
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