The Artisanal Gold Mining Process Using Gold-Mercury Amalgamation, from Start to Finish

[peckerwood57]

Early photographic processes used mercury vapor to develop the exposed plates. Needless to say, early photogaphers had short lives.

Then there were the mad hatters using mercury to produce felt.

I wonder about all the slurry water runoff. Where does that go?

Scary stuff.

[TaniadelosAngeles]

I am doing work on mining I would like to present some images of this video.

[MeCallCrazy]

1 oz/tonne? what purity? if its 40% or more, thats not good, thats freaking amazing!

[MeCallCrazy]

holy shit, spreadin mercuty with bare hands?!? use a peice of leather mate!

[007brendan007]

Contrary to popular belief, unless you have open cuts, handling mercury won't harm you; though, it wouldn't hurt to wear eye protection and maybe some gloves. The real danger is from mercury vapor.

[peter17dude]

now that most of the world knows of the hazard of mercury, its sold to uneducated miners who dont. and get these people some other way to make a living,

[DemonDik]

Jesus Christ! Don't wear any gloves or respirators or splash guards! That entire area has been rendered a toxic death pit with at least a 300 foot radius of toxicity!