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Smelting

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In Black Hawk, Professor Nathaniel Hill introduces the smelting process, which coaxes gold and silver from metal mixtures and ore found underground. Miners can now extract precious metals from deep within the earth instead of just panning for gold in streams. 

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Black Hawk Today

After a 1990 state constitutional amendment allowed Central City and Black Hawk to have casino gambling in the name of historic preservation, Black Hawk let large modern casinos overtake its historic core.
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