Detail View: John Russell Bartlett Collection: JRB060
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Record number:
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JRB060
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Title:
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Quicksilver Furnaces New Almaden
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Place:
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New Almaden, Santa Clara County, California
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Date:
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April 3-5, 1852
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Image technique:
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pencil, sepia and wash on beige paper
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Image dimensions:
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11.6 x 16 inches
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Narrative description:
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View of the mercury [quicksilver] mines at New Almaden. The milling complex, known as Hacienda de Beneficio (Hacienda Reduction Works), is shown along a narrow valley bottom above Alamitos Creek. The raw ore is brought in on packs carried by a mule train and teams of oxen carry wagons full of mercury uphill.
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Notes:
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Related drawing: none.Personal Narrative derivative: vol. 2, p. 58. New Almaden was a major producer of mercury from 1845 up until 1912 and the sporadic mining at followed ceased finally in 1976.
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Creators:
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John Russell Bartlett
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Subject:
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Landscape with architectural features
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Normalized date:
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1852.04.03
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