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Lavrion

Boom town, Greece.

About Lavrion

Town in Attica, Greece.1

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Mines

Worked atLaurion silver minesLavrion lies close to Laurion silver mines.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q3219865 (Lavrion)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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