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Kemp: Quicksilver to Bar Silver: tales of Mexico's Silver Bonanza

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Kemp: Quicksilver to Bar Silver: tales of Mexico's Silver Bonanza
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Kemp, Donald C. QUICKSILVER TO BAR SILVER: TALES OF MEXICO'S SILVER BONANZA. Socio-Technical Publications. 1972. 8vo, 164 pages; Hardcoverw D/J; This book is not only an informal history of Mexico's principle mining towns, it is the story of Bartolome de Medina, commonly referred to as the "Miner of Pachuca." It was this miner's invention - the Patio Process - which revolutionized colonial mining, and gave the towns of Pachua, Taxco, and Guanajuato world-wide fame as silver bonanzas. Augmenting the narrative are more than seventy-five photographs and line drawings, gathered from sources both in the United States and Mexico, illustrating metallurgical practices of the Spain Conquest, as well as the mines and haciendas de beneficio. Subject: History - Coinage - Mexico