Quicksilver mining in Guadalcazar, Mexico, 1891
Quicksilver-mining in Mexico: the Guadalcazar quicksilver mines, 1891. 1. Road to the mines through the canon of the Porphyry Mountain; 2. and 3. Ceremony of the English company receiving possession; 4. preparing to start for outlying mines; 5. Indians breaking ore; 6. Indian tending crude Mexican furnace
Picture No
11936538
Media ID
46076248
Size
4326px x 6684px
(9.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Amedee Forestier in The Illustrated London News, 14th February 1891
Date
1891
