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The entrance to the Main Tunnel of the New Almaden Mine was down there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a cinnaber (mercury ore) mine.
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Ruins of the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace - used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century.
Site of the Yellow Kid Tunnel entrance to the New Almaden Mine, a cinnabar (mercury ore) mine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Joan Pendleton
Dec 18, 2016 near Almaden Valley, CA
“The entrance to the Main Tunnel of the New Almaden Mine was down there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a cinnaber (mercury ore) mine.”  

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The entrance to the Main Tunnel of the New Almaden Mine was down there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a cinnaber (mercury ore) mine.
Site of the Yellow Kid Tunnel entrance to the New Almaden Mine, a cinnabar (mercury ore) mine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The old English Camp, pictured here, was a town of about 1000 people inhabited by miners and their families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when nearby mines were active.
The Castillero Trail offers an interesting perspective into the ruins of the old mine office.
Ruins of the old Mine Hill mine on-site supervisor's home.
Enjoy this view of the countryside south of San Jose from the top of Church Hill, the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.
An old fireplace and chimney marks all that's left of a miner's house perhaps?
Ruins of the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace - used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century.
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