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Idrija
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Idrija 

a city in Yugoslavia, in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Population, 6,000 (1967). Located on the Idrica River, in a mountainous region. Mercury has been mined in Idrija since the 15th century (it is now the site of one of the biggest mines in the world, accounting for approximately one-tenth of the total world mercury production).
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Photojournalism Division (PJD) Thursday, September 24 Elizabeth Pennock * Program Director #1--Quicksilver Mining Shirley Ward, FPSA, PPSA * Madera, California Journey back in time to when Spanish explorers found the New Idria Mine, to the California Gold Rush, and on through the mining activity there until 1972, when the mine closed.
2009 PSA conference program descriptions by Braun, Kathleen Z. / PSA Journal
 
 
 
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