Stream tin


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particles or masses of tin ore found in alluvial ground; - so called because a stream of water is the principal agent used in separating the ore from the sand and gravel.
See under Stream.

See also: Stream, Tin

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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