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    New Almaden, known in Spanish as Nueva Almadén, is a historic community and former mercury mine in the Capitancillos Hills of San Jose, California, located...
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  • up Almaden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Almaden may refer to: Almaden Valley, San Jose, California Almaden Mine, an alternate name for New Almaden...
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    Almaden Valley (Spanish: Valle de Almadén), commonly known simply as Almaden (Spanish: Almadén), is a valley and neighborhood of San Jose, California,...
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    Almadén (Spanish pronunciation: [almaˈðen]) is a town and municipality in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, within the autonomous community of Castile-La...
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    the Almaden Reservoir. The Casa Grande Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum is located in nearby New Almaden. The park is named after the New Almaden Quicksilver...
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    Almaden Vineyards, historically written as Almadén Vineyards, is a Californian winery. Founded in 1852, it is the oldest commercial winery in California...
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    kid New Almaden knew well". San Jose Mercury News. August 4, 2007. Horii, Ronald (September 8, 2007). "Pat Tillman Memorial Dedication". New Almaden Day...
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  • previously named Cahill Depot. Camden Avenue — An abbreviation of Campbell to New Almaden Mine. In 1886 the South Pacific Coast Railroad built the Camden Branch...
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  • site (Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija). Mercury (quicksilver) mines in New Almaden, California, USA. Now Almaden Quicksilver County Park. This...
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  • first class at Santa Clara College. He was also an early investor in the New Almaden quicksilver mine with Alexander Forbes, British consul to Mexico and...
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    Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden (commonly known as the Almaden Shuttle) was a short light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)...
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    Almaden Reservoir is an artificial lake in the hills south of San Jose, California in the United States. It borders on the 4,163-acre (1,685 ha) Almaden...
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    the Guadalupe River when it exits Lake Almaden and joins Guadalupe Creek. Los Alamitos Creek is located in Almaden Valley and originates from the Los Capitancillos...
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  • husband and his colleagues take her into one of the quicksilver mines at New Almaden. Cornwall portal James, Ronald. "Reflections on Cornish Folklore", Cornish...
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    In 1863 Swett was dispatched to California with an order to seize the New Almaden Mine signed by President Lincoln. In addition to his federal duties he...
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    (Philippines); Red Devil, Alaska; Murfreesboro, Arkansas; New Almaden Mine in San Jose, California; New Idria, California, the Hastings Mine and St. John's...
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  • land grants: José de los Reyes held land in San José including the rich New Almaden quicksilver mine, Nazario Antonio raised great herds of livestock on...
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    Carleton Watkins (category People from Oneonta, New York)
    viewed through a stereoscope to create an illusion of depth) at the New Almaden mercury mine near San Jose, California. These were used in a widely publicized...
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  • vice-consul to California, James Alexander Forbes (no relation), purchased the New Almaden quicksilver mines from Andrés Castillero, which proved to be extremely...
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  • local historians claimed. During the California Gold Rush period, the New Almaden Quicksilver Mines just south of the city were the largest mercury mines...
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    19th century, 37,388 metric tons of mercury were extracted from the New Almaden mine south of San Jose and northeast of Santa Cruz. The area, closed...
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    California in 1860-1864; The Journal of William H. Brewer: Book 2, Chapter 3 NEW ALMADEN. Retrieved 20 June 2019. Hilley, G.E.; Dumitru, T.; Gudmundsdottir, M...
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    from gold ore. Before the New Idria and New Almaden Quicksilver Mines, the mercury came almost exclusively from Europe. The New Idria Mining Company was...
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    historical marker now marks its original location. New Almaden Hanging Tree: Oak tree located at the New Almaden Mine site in San Jose, California. Colorado...
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    Arthur De Wint Foote, then moved cross-continent to live with him at the New Almaden mine near San Jose, California. Subsequently, as Arthur pursued his engineering...
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    Hotel. On March 2, 1886, Southern Pacific incorporated the San Jose & Almaden Railroad (consolidated with the Southern Pacific on May 14, 1888) to build...
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    extract silver from the lucrative mines in New Spain and Peru. Initially, the Spanish Crown's mines in Almadén in Southern Spain supplied all the mercury...
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  • producer and distributor of LGBT films in North America. Founded in 1985 in New Almaden by Kathy Wolfe, the company began as a consumer mail order distribution...
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  • historical letters gives the novel's locations—Grass Valley, Leadville, New Almaden, Idaho, and Mexico—an authentic feel; the letters also add vividness...
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    first is that the town was the location of a branch road that led to the New Almaden mine. The second, and more fanciful, origin is that the town was named...
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