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New Idria, California. Loading cinnabar, an ore containing mercury and sulphur, into a mine car with a mechanical loader. Triple-distilled mercury is produced from the ore at the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company
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Credit lineNew Idria, California. Loading cinnabar, an ore containing mercury and sulphur, into a mine car with a mechanical loader. Triple-distilled mercury is produced from the ore at the New Idria Quicksilver. 1942-01-01. Feininger, Andreas. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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