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Gejiu

(Encyclopedia)Gejiu or Kokiu both: gô-jēo͞o [key], town (1994 est. pop. 216,400), S Yunnan prov., China. Site of the country's largest tin reserves, it is the great tin-mining center of China, with smelters and ...

Gadsden

(Encyclopedia)Gadsden gădzˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 33,945), seat of Etowah co., NE Ala., on the Coosa ...

Escanaba

(Encyclopedia)Escanaba ĕskənäˈbə [key], city (2020 pop. 12,450), seat of Delta co., W Upper Peninsula, N ...

Huangshi

(Encyclopedia)Huangshi or Hwangshih both: hwäng-shŭr [key], city (1994 est. pop. 538,400), E Hubei prov., China, on the Chang (Yangtze) River. It is a new industrial center, built after 1950, with a giant iron an...

Ebbw Vale

(Encyclopedia)Ebbw Vale ĕbˈo͞o [key], Welsh Glyn Ebwy, town, Blaenau Gwent, SE Wales. A former coal-mini...

crusher

(Encyclopedia)crusher, machine used to reduce materials such as ore, coal, stone, and slag to particle sizes that are convenient for their intended uses. Crushers operate by slowly applying a large force to the mat...

Saginaw, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Saginaw, river, 22 mi (35 km) long, formed by the confluence of eight branches, SE Mich. The river drains a large area of lower Michigan and flows into Saginaw Bay (c.60 mi/100 km long and 15–25 mi/...

Bedworth

(Encyclopedia)Bedworth bĕdˈwərth [key], town, Warwickshire, central England. Located in a former coal-mi...

Rewa

(Encyclopedia)Rewa rāˈvə [key], walled city (1991 pop. 128,648), Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is the administrative center of a district rich in coal, corundum, and limestone. Rewa is a market for tim...

Ottumwa

(Encyclopedia)Ottumwa ŏtŭmˈwə, ō– [key], city (1990 pop. 24,488), seat of Wapello co., SE Iowa, on both banks of the Des Moines River, in a farm and coal area; inc. 1851. A commercial and industrial center, ...