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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOJ_wood-road-jacques-ridge_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]Wood Road and Jacques RidgeBuilt in April 1876 by the Quicksilver Mining Company, Wood Road originally served to connect nearby oak woodlands to the mining operations where voracious wood-fueled furnaces processed cinnabar ore i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZOI_the-main-tunnel_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]The Beginningof New Almaden'sRich HistoryJust ahead lies the original site of mining activity in New Almaden's rich history, where Ohlone Indians extracted cinnabar ore from a "red cave". In 1845, while visiting Mission Santa Cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNK_the-yellow-kid_San-Jose-CA.html
The Yellow Kid Below and on the opposite hillside was the opening to the Yellow Kid Tunnel. Because of a yellow vein in the earth, the tunnel was named after a popular early American cartoon depicting an Irish immigrant boy wearing a yellow shirt.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNJ_english-camp-school_San-Jose-CA.html
Serving Mine HillFamiliesfor over 40 YearsJust up this hillside rest the remains of the former English Camp School. Founded in 1864, the school educated the young of Mine Hill until 1907.
Students in grades 1 through 8 spent 10 months of the ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNI_camp-mt-madonna_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]At New AlmadenDuring the Depression (1933-1942) and after most mining activity had ceased, New Almaden once again gave jobs, hope and future to young men through a program created by Franklin D. Roosevelt called the Civilian Con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNF_english-camp_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]Once a BustlingCommunityWithin view stood English Cam's Methodist Church, Company Store, Mine Office, School House, Centennial Hall, Helping Hand Hall and a multitude of family cabins. As quicksilver production declined at New A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNE_site-of-english-town-ccc-camp-mt-madonna_San-Jose-CA.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps, established in 1933 by the Federal Government for nine years became one of the most constructive national service programs. CCC Companies: 1917-V, 1235, 3341, 3325, 739, 4500 occupied this camp between 1933 and 193…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNB_day-tunnel_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]Significant Addition to New Almaden's Rich Mining OperationToxic gases and underground water posed perils and problems for miners in search of valuable cinnabar ore. Under Sherman Day's suggestion, the "New Tunnel" was dug at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZNA_santa-isabel-shaft_San-Jose-CA.html
[Side-bar on left:]Mine workers began to sink the Santa Isabel Shaft in 1877 to relieve the burden on the nearby Randol Shaft, which could no longer handle the abundance of underground cinnabar ore. Five years later ore was delivered to the surfac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZN9_goodrich-quarry_San-Jose-CA.html
On the hillside north of this plaque, only the scars remain to mark the spot where brown stone was quarried for San Jose Hall of Justice, Post Office, St. Mary's Church, original buildings of Stanford University, and Carson City Mint. This small s…