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Miners traveled underground in Idrija, Slovenia for 500 years to mine mercury. Now with little need for the metal, the mine closed leaving an environmental nightmare. A small crew works to fill in the tunnels to keep heavy metals run off from polluting groundwater. Men take showers after their shift and hang their clothes on hooks.

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MELISSA FARLOW
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6000x4000 / 137.4MB
Keywords
clothing, conservation, construction projects, disasters, environmental conservation, environmental damage, equipment, europe, hardware, industrial laborers, industrial mines, industry and production, laborers, mercury industry and production, nails etc. (hardware), slovenia, water conservation and protection, yugoslavia
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Alps_National Geographic magazine 2/2006
Miners traveled underground in Idrija, Slovenia for 500 years to mine mercury.  Now with little need for the metal, the mine closed leaving an environmental nightmare. A small crew works to fill in the tunnels to keep heavy metals run off from polluting groundwater. Men take showers after their shift and hang their clothes on hooks.