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Rising to the first floor, it's possible to see the use and employment of Mercury in time, but above all, illustrations of the serious consequences that the working and extraction of Cinnibar, had brought about in the health and life of the miners.

Landslides, Mine explosions, gas (so called "Dead Air"), rock falls, these and many others were the cause of numerous work injuries, often deadly, took place in the Amiatine Mines. Not to forget either, the professional illnesses, like silicosis and Mercurial poisoning that has been the cause of death to a vast number of ex-miners.

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