Minerals or stones, like galena, which contain useful metals, are known as ores.

像方铅矿这样, 含着有用的金属的矿物或者石头, 我们叫它“矿石”, 英语是ore。

As the thinking goes, at lower elevations, minerals like bismuthinite and galena would be vaporized by the heat.

按照这种想法，在低海拔地，像铋矿和方铅矿这样的矿物会被高温蒸发。

The Mendip Hills  were a source of lead which the Romans exploited.

门迪普山是罗马人开采铅矿的来源地。

In the 1820s, Galena boomed when lead was discovered in the region.

1820 年代，在该地发现铅后，方铅矿蓬勃发展。

This part of Yorkshire is home to almost 2,500 abandoned lead mines.

约克郡的这一地拥有近2500座废弃铅矿。

About a quarter a mile above us was a disused lead mine, and it's quite a large one.

离我们大约四分之一英里上方有一座废弃的铅矿，而且规模相当大。

I started with lead mines, but quickly realised this is a problem that goes much bigger, much wider.

我最初关注的是铅矿，但很快意识到这问题远比想象中严重，影响范围也广泛得多。

Locals can drive up to the abandoned lead mines and shovel out all they want from the heaps.

当地人可以开车前往废弃的铅矿，随意从矿堆中挖掘他们想要的量。

I study lead mines and the full ecosystem effects that they have on the surrounding environments.

我研究铅矿及其对周边环境所造成的态影响。

A sixth part of the gross produce is the rent, too, of several very fertile lead mines in Scotland.

总产量的六分之一也是苏格兰几非常肥沃的铅矿的地租。

This part of Wales wasn't the only place in the UK with old lead mines.

威尔士的这一地并不是英唯一拥有旧铅矿的地方。

Its rivers once powered a hub of huge lead mines in the area.

这里的河流曾为当地巨大的铅矿提供动力。

But remember, there are only estimates of the number of lead mines in the UK.

但请记住，英铅矿数量仅是估算值。

Her first task was to scout old lead mine sites and the areas around the mines where people were living.

她的首要任务是勘查旧铅矿遗址以及矿场周边有人居住的域。

The foregoing has the ring of a biography, without the satisfaction of knowing that the hero, like Grant, lolling in his general store in Galena, is ready to be called to an intricate destiny.

上述内容具有传记的意味，但并不满足于知道主人公像格兰特一样懒洋洋地躺在方铅矿的杂货店里，准备好迎接错综复杂的命运。