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Not considered as a true Metal by the Ancients—Its Properties and Uses—Almaden—Formerly worked by Convicts— Diseases of the Miners—Idria—Its Discovery—Conflagration of the Mine—Its Produce—Huancavelica—New Almaden 370
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MERCURY.
Not considered as a true Metal by the Ancients—Its Properties and Uses—Almaden—Formerly worked by Convicts— Diseases of the Miners—Idria—Its Discovery—Conflagration of the Mine—Its Produce—Huancavelica—New Almaden 370
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