Cinnabar means to gild silver and gold to objects) "the toxic properties of mercury were well known. It was dangerous to those who mined and processed cinnabar, it caused shaking, loss of sense, and death. Data suggest that mercury was retorted from cinnabar and the workers were exposed to the toxic mercury fumes." Overexposure to mercury, mercurialism, was seen as an occupational disease to the ancient Romans: "Mining in the Spanish cinnabar mines of Almadén, southwest of Madrid, was regarded as being akin to a death sentence due to the shortened life expectancy of the miners, who were slaves or convicts."
The Big Ore The Big Ore The Big Ore () is a 1964 drama film directed by Vasily Ordynsky and based on the novel by Georgi Vladimov. Viktor Pronin (Yevgeni Urbansky) returned from the army to the bride (Svetlana Zhgun), and she – the other. Then Victor went to "great" Kursk ore, where the work is in full swing – all live in anticipation of the first car of ore. To check Pronyakin, Brigadier (Vsevolod Sanaev) gives him beaten MAZ: mend – a long time came. The guy got in the "hostel" to repair the car and began to put one after the