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| old washboard |
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| Chinese plate made of Cinnebar (mercury ore) |
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| Native Americans used cinnebar for body painting |
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Sunday, February 12, 2017
Mining Museum: New Almaden
The Mining Museum is located in Casa Grande. The mining f mercury was very interesting. Mining the ore was not dangerous. The mercury is in a solid state and poses no threat. however in the process of mercury it had to be evaporated, and the gas collected. this did pose a risk, so the workers could only work one day per month in the processing of the ore. They gave me a large rock of cinnebar to heft and it was very heavy for its size.
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