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  <dc:creator>Bruce E. Jaffe</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2001</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;A legacy of the Gold Rush is mercury-contaminated sediments in the Bay. Miners used mercury to extract gold from tailings during the gold rush. A large amount of this mercury (some estimates are as great as 10,000 tons) was lost during extraction to the watershed during the gold rush era. This mercury-contaminated hydraulic mining debris made its way to the Bay.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Northern California Geological Society</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Mercury-contaminated sediments in the North Bay: A legacy of the Gold Rush</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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