ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW ALMADEN MINES 



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1874 Raymond, R. W., Mineral resources of the States and 



Territories west of the Rocky Mountains for 1873, 

 p. 33-37, 380-381, 540-542. 



Cost of mining and reduction ; production figures. 

 Brief description of geology of mine. 

 Janin, Henry, Private report to the Quicksilver Mining 

 Co. 



Predicts that most of the new ore bodies will be 

 found in the area served by the Randol shaft. Gives 

 statistics of tonnage and grade of ore taken from 

 the central slope area. 



1875 Egleston, Thomas, Notes on the treatment of mercury in 



north California : Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Engineers 

 Trans., v. 3, p. 273-307. 



Semipopular description of ore and furnaces. In- 

 cludes details on several northern California quick- 

 silver mines and on cost of reduction of ore. 

 Randol, J. B., Production of quicksilver at New Almaden 

 for 22 years and 3 months : Mining Sci. Press, v. 30, 

 p. 72. 



Table of production figures for 1851-74. 

 Raymond, R. W., Mineral resources of the States and 

 Territories west of the Rocky Mountains for 1874, 

 p. 13, 19. 



Brief statement of production. 



1877 Hevvett, A. S., A century of mining and metallurgy in the 



United States: Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Engineers 

 Trans., v. 5, p. 175-176, 195. 



Production table for 1851-75. 



Raymond, R. W., Mineral resources of the States and 

 Territories west of the Rocky Mountains for 1875, 

 p. 4-21. 



Detailed figures on costs of mining and reduction ; 

 equipment. Production figures. 



1878 Blake, W. P., Note sur les gisements de cinabre de la Cali- 



fornie et du Nevada : Soc. frangaise min^ralogie et 



crystallographie Bull., v. 1, p. 81. 

 Rolland, M. G., Les gisements de mercure de Californie : 



Annales mines [Paris], 7th ser., v. 14, p. 384-432. 

 Rolland, M. G., La metallurgie du mercure en Californie : 



Soe. d'encouragement, p. 85, figs. 7-8. 



1879 Christy, S. B., On the genesis of cinnabar deposits : Am. 



Jour. Sci., 3d ser., v. 17, p. 453^63. 



Analysis of New Almaden Vichy water. Shows 

 that such water plus a little sulfuric acid will dis- 

 solve cinnabar at temperature and pressure slightly 

 greater than are normal at surface. Describes ores 

 of New Almaden mine. 



1881 Hanks, H. G., Quicksilver, in First Annual Report of the 

 State Mineralogist, from June 1, 1880 to Dec. 1, 1880 : 

 California State Mining Bur., p. 26-27. 



Production from 1850-77. Brief description of the 

 mine. 



1884 Hanks, H. G., Quicksilver, in Fourth Annual Report of 



the State Mineralogist, for the year ending May 15, 

 1884 : California State Mining Bur., p. 337-344. 



Gives account of conditions at the mine, nationali- 

 ties of the miners, wages, and production. 



1885 Becker, G. F., 10th Census of the United States, v. 13, 



p. 5, 15-16, 18-26. 



Brief description of geology of quicksilver deposits. 

 Mentions New Almaden. Tables by counties showing 



mines, types of ore, and character of deposits of im- 

 portant minerals. 



Christy, S. B., Quicksilver reduction at New Almaden 

 mine: Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Engineers Trans., 

 v. 13, p. 547-584. 



Comprehensive detailed drawings of furnaces. Re- 

 duction and mining costs. 



Christy, S. B., Quicksilver condensation at New Almaden : 

 Am. Inst. Mining Metall. Engineers Trans., v. 14, 

 p. 206-264. 



Comprehensive detailed drawings and descriptions 

 of quicksilver condensers used at New Almaden. 



Rath, G. von, Berichte ueber die Umgebungen von San 

 Francisco, Santa Cruz, und Neu Almaden, Califor- 

 nia: Niederrhein. Gesell. Bonn, Sitzungsber., v. 42, 

 p. 303-321. 



Production records 1880-83. Description of ores 

 and veins, and geology of area. 



1887 Anonymous, A contested election in California, F. J. Sul- 



livan v. Hon. C. N. Felton: Repr. from San Jose 

 Dally Mercury, Santa Clara County, Calif., 163 p. 



Testimony of residents of New Almaden in legal 

 action to establish that voters were free to vote as 

 they chose without danger of reprisal from mining 

 company. Testimony of older miners contains many 

 details of the early history of the mine. Especially 

 notable for many photographs. 



Hanks, H. G., and Irelan, William, Jr., Quicksilver, in 

 Sixth Annual Report of the State Mineralogist, for 

 the year ending June 1, 1886 : California State Min- 

 ing Bur., pt. 1, p. 73 ; pt. 2, p. 72-73. 



Part 1, Analysis of New Almaden Vichy water ; 

 part 2, Production tables. 



1888 Becker, G. F., Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the 



Pacific slope : U.S. Geol. Survey Mon. 13, p. 8, 310- 

 326; Atlas plates VII-XIII. 



Geology, geologic and topographic map of mine 

 area, and composite maps and sections of mine work- 

 ings without geology. 



Irelan, William, Jr., Quicksilver, in Eighth Annual Re- 

 port of the State Mineralogist for the year ending 

 Oct. 1, 1888: California State Mining Bur., p. 541- 

 542. 



Brief description of mine and furnaces in opera- 

 tion. 



1889 Becker, G. F., Summary of the geology of the quicksilver 



deposits of the Pacific slope : U.S. Geol. Survey 8th 

 Ann. Kept., pt. 2, p. 961-985. 



Description of geology of Coast Ranges with em- 

 phasis on quicksilver. 



Christy, S. B., Private report to the Quicksilver Mining 

 Co. 



Very comprehensive ; includes geologic maps of all 

 accessible workings and recommendations for fur- 

 ther development. 



Clarke, F. W., A new occurrence of gyrolite : Am. Jour. 

 Sci., 3d ser., v. 38, p. 1928-1929 ; repr., 1890, U.S. Geol. 

 Survey Bull. 64, p. 22-23. 



Description of gyrolite and apophylite from mine. 



