The Great Western Quicksilver Mine was a
mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
mine
in California, near
Middletown in
Lake County. The mining company was incorporated in 1872 and the mine produced from 1873 until 1909, when it was exhausted.
In 1880, Andrew Rocca was the superintendent of the Great Western Mine. His daughter, Helen Rocca Goss, wrote that the Great Western Quicksilver Mine employed 25 white miners and about 200 Chinese, a number consistent with numbers at
Sulphur Bank Mine
The Sulphur Bank Mine is located near Clearlake Oaks and Clear Lake in Lake County, California. The mine became one of the most noted mercury producers in the world.
During the 150 years since the Sulphur Bank was discovered, the area has dra ...
, located adjacent to
Clear Lake.
References
Mercury mines in the United States
Former mines in Lake County, California
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