Bulletin . J . [ fc*»rt\S ^ # which mine xicans lice of ugs of miles, •eatest point 1600 there 1 is at shaft, Harry re the 5ull. 27, 11—38540 PLATE XIX. NEW ALMADEN MINE SANTA CLARA PRINCIPAL STOPES. LEVELS AND DUMPS 1917. QUICKSILVER RESOURCES. 161 lessee; Oeo. H. Sexton, president, 45 Broadway, New York; Chas. , secretary and treasurer; Edmund Juessen, general manager, 57Post Street, San Francisco. This property, covering over 8000 acres,lies from 8 to 13 miles east of south from San Jose along the Ncm*Almaden Ridge, and was at one time second only in production to th
Bulletin . J . [ fc*»rt\S ^ # which mine xicans lice of ugs of miles, •eatest point 1600 there 1 is at shaft, Harry re the 5ull. 27, 11—38540 PLATE XIX. NEW ALMADEN MINE SANTA CLARA PRINCIPAL STOPES. LEVELS AND DUMPS 1917. QUICKSILVER RESOURCES. 161 lessee; Oeo. H. Sexton, president, 45 Broadway, New York; Chas. , secretary and treasurer; Edmund Juessen, general manager, 57Post Street, San Francisco. This property, covering over 8000 acres,lies from 8 to 13 miles east of south from San Jose along the Ncm*Almaden Ridge, and was at one time second only in production to thefamous Almaden mine in Spain, after which it was named. This prop-erty is the oldest known quicksilver mine in the United States, beingfirst worked in 1824 by Antonio Suiiol and Luis Chaboya. In 1845,Andreas Castillero, a Mexican army officer, denounced (located) itunder the name of Santa Clara. After the admission of California intothe Union, Castillero and associates leased the mine to Barron Forbes& who changed the name to New Almaden. It has been workedcontinuously since 1845, but the greatest surface improvements weremade after it became the property of The Quicksilver ^Mining Companyin 1864. Many important practices
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