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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 424 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIERES  , a

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town of
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northern
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Spain, in the
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province of
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Oviedo, 12 M. by
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rail S.E. of Oviedo, on the
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river Caudal, a tributary of the Nalon . Pop . (1900), 18,083 . Mieres is the
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chief town of a mountainous, fertile and well-wooded region in which
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coal,
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iron, and
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copper are extensively
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mined and
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sulphur and
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cinnabar are obtained in smallet quantities . The town contains large iron foundries and chemical
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works, and has an active
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trade in
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fruit,
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cider,
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timber and live stock .

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