Welcome to the Gold Hill General Store, which has been in operation since...oh, a hell of a long time. Inside, it feels like a miner from Gold Hill's boom days back in the 1800s might walk through the door at any moment. Gold Hill, the town, did more than just suck its namesake metal out of them 'thar hills though. It also sucked out tellurium, one of the rarest stable elements in the Earth's crust. Used in alloys, it can make lead stronger and more durable, while it helps make steel and copper more workable. And it's biggest moment came as a chemical bonder for the outer shell of the first atomic bomb (or so says Wikipedia).
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