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Spiral bound. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is an oversized paperback book with a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the title page. The book contains a series of newspaper articles regarding the unincorporated town of New Idria, and about the mercury mine that was the basis for the town, and covers the town from birth to death. "The community was established to support the mine, which mainly extracted mercury, since cinnabar was abundant in the local rock formations. Mercury mining at the location began in 1854. At one time, the New Idria mines were America's second most productive mines, with the New Almaden mines in the vicinity of San Jose, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest, being the first. The discovery of mercury ore at New Idria came soon after the discovery of gold in the Sierra foothills, which began the California gold rush. At that time, mercury was important in extracting gold from gold ore. Before the New Idria and New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, the mercury came almost exclusively from Europe." (from Wikipedia).…