Washing Amethysts in the Bidet
Pitt-Kethley, Fiona
Thirty years ago, all the La Unión mines closed. The metals didn't run out, but the ever-changing market values and the health problems of the miners were part of the reason that the industry died. This is by no means the whole story. The whole history involves many minor closedowns, fluctuations in the price of metals, other factors like War and, finally, issues of contamination. There are still vast quarries, but these seem to be used, large...
