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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 750

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eceive it. This crude asphalt is a dark earthycolor and filled with many holes, like sponge,about an inch in diameter. In one day theseminers will dig down to a depth of about threefeet, possibly more. By next morning the hole has been mysteriously refilled, and in a week alltraces of the work are… … LOOKING ACROSS THE LAKE. THE LIGHTER PORTIONS ARE POO i;.\i:\-\VATER. undoubtedly supply the entire world with asphaltfor many centuries. And yet it is with Trinidadasphalt that more than 170,000,000 square yardsof city pavements have been constructed in theUnited States alone. Karl Knipe and J. M.…

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