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Washoe process

Wash"oe proc`ess\ [From the Washoe district, Nevada.] The process of treating silver ores by grinding in pans or tubs with the addition of mercury, and sometimes of chemicals such as blue vitriol and salt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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