Fresnillo, a mining town of the Mexican state Zacatecas, lies 7200 feet above sea-level, at the foot of the argentiferous Cerro de Proaño, and has amalgamation works, &c. Pop. 15,000.
Fresnillo,
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 826
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