The Metal of a Thousand Uses Robert T. Croyle Moses Harman

Moses Harman

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The Metal of a Thousand Uses Robert T. Croyle Moses HarmanIn 1930, a remote corner of southwest Arkansas witnessed the discovery of cinnabar, the ore from which mercury is extracted. Upon the arrival of "the metal of a thousand uses," a wave of hope and ambition swept through the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains as mercury mining promised economic revival for the struggling state. Despite the known dangers of the industry, Arkansans greeted the prospect of a mercury boom with unbridled enthusiasm, seeing