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Gold prospector Cooking Mercury with Dirty Flour Gold

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  • Title: Gold prospector cooking mercury with dirty flour gold. The flour gold which is in small, almost powder flakes, will attach itself to the mercury as the water boils away. Pinos Altos, New Mexico
  • Creator(s): Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: 1940 May-June.

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Written by Robert L. Wilson

October 2, 2012 at 8:02 am

Posted in Historic Photos

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