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Show The Largest Mckel .Mine-in IlielTorld. According to l.ngllsli authority there is, on a little branch of the Canadian Pacific road near Sudbury, Canada, a nickel mine that produces more nickel, it'issaid, than the entire en-tire market of the w orld talis for. It Is found at a depth of about 300 feet below the surface, In a layer of oxidized Laurcutian rock characteristic character-istic of that region. Immediately the mineral is hoisted from the mine it is broken up and cakiued, or roasted, for the purpose of eliminating eliminat-ing tbe sulphur it contains. When this process is completed the residuum re-siduum is conveyed to the smelter. After the dross of the molten flow olTUie nearly pure nickel and copter are blended together, forming an alloy, 70 per cent, of which Is nickel and 30 per cent, copper, which Is drawn olT at the base of the furnace and allow ed to cool. When cold the product is shipped to Swansea, Wales, and Germany, where the constituent metals are separated and leflncd by secret prccesse-s, known only to the manufacturers and Jealously guarded. The present output of the mine is stated at 4,000 tons of nickel annually. Ex. |