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Laborers in Pachuca washing amalgam to extract silver using mercury.
Final washing
Lavado último
1850-1900
Obreros en Pachuca llavando la amalgama para extraer plata del mineral usando el mercurio.
City & town life Laborers Mining Silver mining
Ciudades y pueblos Minería Minería de plata Obreros
Hidalgo (Mexico)
20.5, -99
glass lantern slide
still image
Box 1, Disk 5, SEAA Mexican Lantern Slide Collection 66, #MX05-0305
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