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GEOLOGY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS, NEW ALMADEN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA 



Downer, S. A., The quicksilver mine of New Almaden : 

 San Francisco, Calif., Pioneer, v. 2, p. 220-228. 



Tells of tunnel made by Indians being reopened. 

 Trask, J. B., Report on the geology of the coast moun- 

 tains and part of the Sierra Nevada : California S. 

 Doc. 9, p. 59-60. 



Description of mine and furnaces. Mention of ar- 

 senic in the ore. 



1858 Anonymous, Mercury mines of New Almaden, California : 



Mining and Statistics Mag., T. 10, p. 142-143. 



Mining and reduction methods. Description of 

 furnaces. 



Anonymous, Santa Clara quicksilver mines: Mining and 

 Statistics Mag., v. 10, p. 246. 



Production, prices, costs, and shipments. 

 Anonymous, The quicksilver mine of New Almaden : 

 Mining and Statistics Mag., v. 10, p. 448-449. 



Description of mine workings and ores. 

 Anonymous, History of the mineral and allodial titles of 

 the quicksilver mines on the Rancho de los Capltan- 

 clllos, about 60 miles from San Francisco, in Santa 

 Clara County, California: New York. 

 Pamphlet. 



1859 Anonymous, The New Almaden mine: San Francisco, 



Calif., Press of the Daily National Office, 76 p. 



Pamphlet. 



Anonymous, Quicksilver, facts concerning mines In Santa 

 Clara County, California : New York. 



Pamphlet. 



1860 Anonymous, Exploits of the Attorney General In Califor- 



nia, by an early Callfornlan : New York, 80 p., August 

 10, 1860. 



Brief history of the quicksilver mines of California 

 and the early claimants to them. 



Anonymous, Report of the Attorney General to the Presi- 

 dent on the resolutions of the Legislature of Califor- 

 nia : Washington, p. 1-14. 



Report regarding private land claims in California ; 

 New Almaden mine claim mentioned. 



1861 Hutchlngs, J. M., Scenes of wonder and curiosity In Cali- 



fornia : Hutchlngs & Rosenfeld, San Francisco, Calif., 

 p. 154-172. 



Popular description of mine area, underground 

 workings, and methods of mining and reducing ore. 

 Also Includes description of Enrlqulta or San An- 

 tonio mines. Engravings. 



1862 Black's Supreme Court Records, v. 2, The United States 



v. Andreas Castillero. December term, 1862, p. 17- 

 371. 



Account of discovery by Castillero and subsequent 

 legal tangles over ownership. Castillero title held 

 void. 



1863 Wells, W. V., A visit to the quicksilver mines of New 



Almaden : Harpers Mag., v. 27, p. 25-41. 



A very interesting description of the mine, miners, 

 and mining community. Many good Illustrations. 



1864 Anonymous, New Almaden mine. Opinion of the Supreme 



Court of the United States No. Ill, December term 

 1863, Charles Fossat, Appellant v. the United States. 

 New York, p. 1-16 ; Printed for the Quicksilver Min- 

 ing Co., John W. Amerman, printer. 



Refers to survey of grant lines. Historical Interest. 

 Stanford University Library. 



Sillimnn, Benjamin, Jr., Notes on the New Almaden quick- 

 silver mines : Am. Jour. Sci., 2d ser., v. 38, p. 190-194. 

 Good description of minerals, ores, and reduction 

 process. 



1865 Browne, J. R., Down in the cinnabar mines, an account 



of a visit to New Almaden in 1865: Harpers New 

 Monthly Mag., v. 31, p. 545-560, October. 



Lengthy and interesting history and description 

 of the mine. 



Whitney, J. D., Geology of California : California Geol. 

 Survey, v. 1, p. 16, 19, 68-71, 83, 89-92, 230. 



Geology of area ; description of the mine. 



1866 Coignet, M., Rapport sur les Mines de New- Almaden (Cali- 



fornia) : Annales mines [Paris], 6th ser., v. 9, p. 561- 

 603. 



Comprehensive. Costs of mining and reduction. 

 Description and line drawings of furnaces. Descrip- 

 tion of geology and ores and veins. Maps of area 

 and mine. Short sketch of history and description 

 of miners. 



Lord, J. K., The naturalist in Vancouver Island and Brit- 

 ish Columbia : London, v. 1, p. 209-210. 



Tale of Indian tunnel at New Almaden ; trade of 

 Indians from north with those of New Almaden area. 



1867 Browne, J. R., Quicksilver Mines of California : Mineral 



Resources of the States and Territories west of the 

 Rocky Mountains for 1866, p. 170-178. 



Descriptions of the ore, geology of the mine and 

 vicinity, and reduction of the ore. Production rec- 

 ords. 



Browne, J. R., Quicksilver: Mineral Resources of the 

 States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains 

 for 1867, p. 263-264. 



Mentions dwindling production and uncertain fu- 

 ture of New Almaden mine. 



1868 Cronise, T. F., The natural wealth of California : H. H. 



Bancroft & Co., New York and San Francisco, Calif., 

 p. 141, 407, 590-591. 



Geology. Production, New Almaden mine 1850-67 ; 

 Guadalupe mine 1866-67. Engraving. 



1869 Raymond, R. W., New Almaden quicksilver mines: Min- 



eral Resources of the States and Territories west of 

 the Rocky Mountains for 1868, p. 9-11. 



Popular description of location ; production figures 

 for 1868. 



1871 Goodyear, W. A., Geology of California : California Geol. 



Survey, v. 2, app., p. 91-110. 



Account of visit to New Almaden mine by author. 

 Good description of mine workings and equipment. 

 Two illustrations of New Almaden mine. 

 Hall, Fredrick, The history of San Jose and surroundings ; 

 New York, A. L. Bancroft & Co., p. 44, 396-414. 



Tells of Indians using cinnabar for body paint. 

 Includes history of early development of mine, geol- 

 ogy, and production figures; also mentions Guada- 

 lupe mine. 



1872 Durand, F. E., Calif. Acad. Scl. Proc., v. 4, p. 211, 218, 219. 



Three papers technical descriptions of crystals of 

 a crystalline hydrocarbon named aragotlte and meta- 

 clnnabarite. 



