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KRIVOY ROG

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 927 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KRIVOY ROG , a See also:

town of See also:south See also:Russia, in the See also:government of See also:Kherson, on the Ingulets See also:River, near the station of the same name on the See also:Ekaterinoslav railway, 113 m. S.W. of the See also:city of Ekaterinoslay. Pop. (1900), about ro,000. It is the centre of a See also:district very See also:rich in minerals, obtained from a narrow stretch of crystalline See also:schists underlying the See also:Tertiary deposits. See also:Iron ores (6o to 70% of iron), See also:copper ores, See also:colours, See also:brown See also:coal, See also:graphite, See also:slate, and lithographic See also:stone are obtained—nearly 2,000,000 tons of iron ore annually.

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