[Jewelry making - Article 00161] - Re: [Orchid] Collecting gold with mercury

[Ron Charlotte]

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>     So did countless native S. Americans fwho werer forced to work in
>     Peruvian silver mines after the conquest-- at least those who had
>     the job of mashing mercury into crushed ore--with their bare feet. 

    Ah, yes, I've heard of this: Potosi, during the late 1500s. I've seen
    it described by one historian as being like "The Gangs of New York at
    13,000 feet, on cocaine, with mercury poisoning". But it paid for the
    Spainish military for decades....

Ron Charlotte -- Gainesville, FL

 
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