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Boxerfan

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9. As a Cub Scout in the mid 60's I toured a Cinibar mine

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:45 PM

Nov 2019

I lived in Portola Valley Ca. & the mines were not far away I don't remember where. But I still remember walking through the mines & a old timer used the term 'Two Bits" . I also brought home a chunk of Cinibar-and with my Mom's ok put it in a dry pot on the stove. it indeed sweated out Mercury.

Oh those were the days....

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