CSPAN3 Mining In San Jose California March 5, 2017
The 4000um interbrits acre park across the street. The boundaries of the park are home to what was the largest mercury mine on the north american continent. It fueled californias gold rush with its supply of mercury as well as nevadas comstock the rocks that they were mining in the hills back here was cinnabar. That is mercurys order. When you click cinnabar two 1500 degrees fahrenheit, and you condense that you get liquid mercury. That mercury was used to separate gold from its ore. What i have your is a beautiful piece we call a potato ore. It is totally mercury and sulfur. It is called cinn...