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The document discusses mining trends in the New World from 1500-1810. It notes that after major silver discoveries in Mexico and Peru in the mid-1500s, the annual value of colonial mine output jumped significantly from a few million pesos to tens of millions from gold and silver. Mining, while not the largest economic sector, became the vehicle for acquiring wealth in the New World. By the late 1600s, Brazil surpassed Spanish America as the leading gold producer, while Spanish America remained the top silve

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