The quicksilver resources of California . 234 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. The discharging of the furnace is also done in various ways.[See the detailed plans in Egleston and Christy, and plans inFigs. 73, 74, and 82.] Generally the hood of the flue carr^ingoff the fumes emanating while discharging is close to the tim-ber ib), causing danger of hot dust accumulating against theframe timbers, and rendering it difficult to remove the is obviated by the construction shown in Fig. 83. The general arrangements offurnace plants are shown inFig. 84 (Oathill furnace), (Abbott

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The quicksilver resources of California . 234 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. The discharging of the furnace is also done in various ways.[See the detailed plans in Egleston and Christy, and plans inFigs. 73, 74, and 82.] Generally the hood of the flue carr^ingoff the fumes emanating while discharging is close to the tim-ber ib), causing danger of hot dust accumulating against theframe timbers, and rendering it difficult to remove the is obviated by the construction shown in Fig. 83. The general arrangements offurnace plants are shown inFig. 84 (Oathill furnace), (Abbott furnace), and Fig. 86(St. John furnace), and severalphotographs. The plan of theNew Almaden is given on alarge scale in the works ofEgleston and Christy, abovecited. Most of the furnaceplants have been gradually en-larged, and as their site is nearlyalwa^-s in a mountainous region,this gradual enlargement hasoften forced, by lack of properroom, the condensing plant tobe built in a ver\- irregularmanner. The condensing of the fumesemanati

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