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Newsletter of
The Samuel Knight Chapter
of the Society for Industrial
Archæology
Issue number 2
July 16, 1997
Next meeting - August 3,
1997.......................................2
Contact
information......................................................2
Minutes of our second
meeting......................................4
"The Artisan at Work"..................................................7
IA
events......................................................................7
IA on
paper..................................................................8
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The next meeting will be
held on August 3, 1997 at 10am at the New
Almaden Quicksilver Park in San Jose. The park is
administered by the
Santa Clara County Park District. We will have a guided
tour of the
quicksilver (mercury) mines and the area on which the mine
buildings and
worker houses once stood. Little remains of these
buildings. We have
made special arrangements to find a docent who is familiar
with the
geology and history of the area. Mercury mining started in
the 1840's and
continued until 1976. The park also contains a museum,
which we will
also visit.
We will meet at the parking lot near the Hacienda entrance
to the park
(there are two other entrances), located at the south end
of New Almaden.
From Highway 85, take the Almaden Expressway, proceed 3
miles along
Almaden Road through the town of New Almaden to the unpaved
staging
area on the right. There are no fees required to enter the
park.
Please be on time since it will not be easy to catch up
with the group.
Expect hot weather, so please bring water and dress
appropriately. Bring
a picnic lunch. The mile and a half hike to the location
of the former
mines is uphill.
For directions, call the Park at 408 268 3883.
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