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Identifier: quicksilverresou00forsrich (find matches)
Title: The quicksilver resources of California
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Forstner, William California State Mining Bureau
Subjects: Mercury mines and mining Mines and mineral resources Mercury ores
Publisher: Sacramento, Calif. : W.W. Shannon, supt. of State printing
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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andstone; butthen the displacement whichcaused the very heavy gougeon the hanging wall musthave been posterior to theore concentration in theledge. Where the ledge is barren, the opaline rock forming its filling is very compact.The property is equipped with a 40-ton Hiittner & Scottfurnace, provided with a mechanical drawing apparatus, andbrick condensers provided with waterbacks. Sulphur Bank.—Clear Lake District. Empire ConsolidatedQuicksilver Mining Company, owner; R. A. Boggess, generalmanager, Sulphur Creek, Colusa County. In Sees, i, 2, 3, 6, 8,II, 12, 13, 17, 18, and 20, T. 13 N., R. 8 \V.,and Sec. 14, T. 13 N.,R. 7 \V. (See Mon. XIII, U. S. G. S., page 254, etc.; AmericanJournal of Science, vol. XXIV, 3d series, page 23, et seq.; ReportState Mining Bureau of Cal., X, page 238; XI, page 63; XII.page 361; XIII, page 597.) The Sulphur Bank mine was openedin 1875 and worked until 1883, during which period the Hermanshaft was sunk. Work was resumed in 1887 and continued until
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Fig. 13. Section of Bullion Mine (StandardQuicksilver Company). 62 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. 1897, during which period the Diamond and Babcock shafts weresunk. In 1899, work was again resumed and has been prosecuteduntil the present time. The total production of the property hasbeen 92,000 flasks, the greater part being obtained from the sur-face workings. This property has been extensively described anddiscussed by several geologists, principally because it affordedspecial occasion to study the relations between solf ataric watersand the genesis of ore deposits. In Mon. XIII, U. S. G. S., avery detailed geological map of the property is given.

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