Picture No | 11936538 |
Date | 1891 |
Description | Quicksilver mining in Guadalcazar, Mexico, 1891 |
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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.
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Source | Illustration by Amedee Forestier in The Illustrated London News, 14th February 1891 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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