The miners rode a conveyance attached to a cable made of braided steel wire.

矿工们乘坐连着钢索的缆车。

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Even abandoned houses have temporary visitors-not just the armies of scavengers snatching copper wire and steel pipes, but also the occasional card players and drinkers.

即使是这些废弃房屋也有了临时访客——不仅是抢铜线和钢管的拾荒大军，偶尔还有打牌和饮酒的人。

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Measured by PPI, producer prices for crude oil, raw coal, ordinary medium rolled steel, and wire steel rose by 37.5%, 19.4%, 29.6%, 25.6% respectively over the same period of last year.

当月ppi中，从具体品种看，原油出厂价格同比上涨37.5%，原煤上涨19.4%，普通中型钢材上涨29.6%，线材上涨25.6%。

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In the late 19th Century, Johnstown was the nation's mightiest steel center - more prosperous than Pittsburgh - turning out steel rails and barbed wire.

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Made out of relatively common materials like aluminum and steel wire, the Braille-It can also be constructed by the blind themselves -- a potentially groundbreaking development for a demographic that's too often ignored by the retail sector.

ENGADGET: Braille-It Labeler brings low-cost printing, 'sightless construction' to the blind

Sky-high metals prices combined with the weak U.S. economy in recent years have led brazen thieves to strip copper wire out of vacant homes, swipe stainless-steel beer kegs from bars and even make off with manhole covers, street lights and parts of fire hydrants.

WSJ: Bronze Vases at Cemeteries Become Target for Thieves