Gold was the main reason for the town's existence. This demonstration showed purifying and pouring gold into ingots. The finished gold bar weighs 3 kg and is worth almost $100,000. The doors are locked while the demonstration is run but it looks a bit too hot to steal anyway!
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I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: The Social Sciences: I hope you can see where my general frustration with social science comes from! (posted 2024-10-25 at 12:18:53). I do podcasts too!. You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2024-08-22 Stirring Up Trouble: Let's just get every view out there and fairly debate them..
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