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Leninogor

(Encyclopedia)Leninogor lyĕˌnyĭnəgôrskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 68,706), NE Kazakhstan, in the Altai Mts. It is a mining center in an area that is the chief source of Kazakh zinc and lead. Silver, copper, and ...

Lipetsk

(Encyclopedia)Lipetsk lyēˈpyĭtsk [key], city (1989 pop. 450,000), capital of Lipetsk region, E central European Russia, on the Voronezh River. It is the center of an iron-ore-mining area. Industrial products inc...

Lakeland

(Encyclopedia)Lakeland, resort city (1990 pop. 70,576), Polk co., central Fla., in the highland region; inc. 1885. It is an important processing and shipping center for a citrus-fruit and phosphate-mining region an...

Ilkeston

(Encyclopedia)Ilkeston ĭlˈkĕstən [key], town , Derbyshire, central England. Iron and coal mines lie to the ...

Béchar

(Encyclopedia)Béchar kôlôNˈ– [key], town, capital of Béchar prov., W Algeria. It is an important adm...

Banaba

(Encyclopedia)Banaba bənäˈbə [key] or Ocean Island, island, 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in ...

Río Tinto

(Encyclopedia)Río Tinto, Ríotinto mēˈnäs dā [key], town (1990 pop. 5,934), Huelva prov., SW Spain, in the Sierra Morena Mts., in Andalusia. It is the center of the Río Tinto mining region, named for the riv...

Cripple Creek

(Encyclopedia)Cripple Creek, village (2020 pop. 1,155), alt. 9,375 ft (2,858 m), seat of Teller co., central Colo.; inc. 1892. Primarily a summer resort, it was once ...

Anaconda, city, United States

(Encyclopedia)Anaconda ănəkŏnˈdə [key], city (2020 pop. 9,162), seat of Deer Lodge co., SW Mont.; inc. 1887. Marcus Daly chose this place (1883) for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company's ...

Germiston

(Encyclopedia)Germiston jûrˈmĭstən [key], city, now part and seat of Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality, Gauteng prov., NE South Africa, on the Witwatersrand. The chief industries are gold mining and processi...