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New Idria, California. A workman of the timbering crew setting new supports at the mercury mine of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company where cinnabar, an ore containing sulphur and mercury is obtained
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Credit lineNew Idria, California. A workman of the timbering crew setting new supports at the mercury mine of the New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company where cinnabar, an ore containing sulphur and mercury is obt. 1942-01-01. Feininger, Andreas. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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