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Mexican miners -Reply
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Barbara Hickman <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:42:37 -0600
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The majority of workers in the mercury mines NW of Big
Bend National Park were Hispanic.  One reference is:
Quicksilver: Terlingua and the Chisos Mining Company,
Kenneth B Ragsdale, Texas A&M Press, 1976.  Many
stone masons were recruited from Mexico to build company
buildings in Terlingua as well.

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