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Gold prospector cooking mercury with "dirty flour" gold

The "flour gold" which is in small, almost powder flakes, will attach itself to the mercury as the water boils away. (Source: Pinos Altos, New Mexico, 1940, by photographer Russell Lee [1903-1986]. Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Public domain.)