The quicksilver resources of California . - irregular, andgeneralh- far too high, entailing a great loss of mercurj-. La Joya Mines.—The Standard Consolidated Quicksilver Min-ing Company, owner. The property is in Sec. 24, T. 7 N.,R. 6 W., three miles southwest of Rutherford. These mineshave been idle for several years and the works are caved La Joya mine, Mr. von Leicht reported in March,1S98, three known ore bodies, separated by barren stretches,in an altered serpentine, cropping at the surface as yellowochery matter, on the contact of sandstone and serpentine tothe southwest of
The quicksilver resources of California . - irregular, andgeneralh- far too high, entailing a great loss of mercurj-. La Joya Mines.—The Standard Consolidated Quicksilver Min-ing Company, owner. The property is in Sec. 24, T. 7 N.,R. 6 W., three miles southwest of Rutherford. These mineshave been idle for several years and the works are caved La Joya mine, Mr. von Leicht reported in March,1S98, three known ore bodies, separated by barren stretches,in an altered serpentine, cropping at the surface as yellowochery matter, on the contact of sandstone and serpentine tothe southwest of the former; strike northwest. The gangue. NAPA COUNTY. 81 minerals as reported are: silicates and calcites, no iron pyritesor sulphur. Since this report was made some further explora-tion work had been done. A 20-ton Fitzgerald furnace hasbeen erected, but not used as yet. Manhattan Mine.—Knoxville District. Lake Mining Com-pany, owner; R. B. Knox, Knoxville, Napa County. In , T. II N., R. 4 W., and Sec. i, T. 11 N., R. 5 W. [See , U. S. G. S., page 282: Report State Mining Bureau ofCal., XI, pages 70-72; XII, page 363; XIII, page 598.] The
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