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Fresnillo

(Encyclopedia) Fresnillo Fresnillo frāsnēˈyō [key], city, Zacatecas state, N central Mexico. The city, a rail and…

Anzhero-Sudzhensk

(Encyclopedia) Anzhero-SudzhenskAnzhero-Sudzhenskənzhĕˌrə–s&oomacr;ˈjĕnsk [key], city (1989 pop. 108,000), SW Siberian Russia, on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the oldest and largest coal-mining…

Ekibastuz

(Encyclopedia) Ekibastuz Ekibastuz ĕkēbäst&oobreve;sˈ [key], city, N Kazakhstan. It is the industrial center of a…

Hearst, George

(Encyclopedia) Hearst, GeorgeHearst, Georgehûrst [key], 1820–91, American mining magnate, U.S. senator (1886–91), b. Franklin co., Mo. He went to California in 1850 and became a mining prospector and…

sea, law of the

(Encyclopedia) sea, law of the, international agreement regulating the use and exploitation of the world's oceans. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982) calls for limited, and strictly…

Missouri, University of

(Encyclopedia) Missouri, University of, at Columbia (main campus), Rolla, Kansas City, and St. Louis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1839, opened 1841. It is the oldest…

Shakhty

(Encyclopedia) ShakhtyShakhtyshäkhˈtē [key], city (1989 pop. 226,000), SW European Russia; a major anthracite-mining center of the Donets Basin. Industrial products include iron, clothing, brewed…

Telluride

(Encyclopedia) TellurideTelluridetĕlˈyərīd [key], town (1990 pop. 1,309), seat of San Miguel co., SW Colo., on the San Miguel River in the San Juan Mts., inc. 1887. A trade center in a sheep,…