New Almaden: The Mercury Mine That Built a Boomtown South of San José

New Almaden: The Mercury Mine That Built a Boomtown South of San José

Its quicksilver powered the California Gold Rush, but today, few traces of those boom-boom days remain, other than the toxic legacy still circulating in the San Francisco Bay.

“I just did a very cursory search of your phone book in San José, and I saw a scattering of Cornish surnames,” Long said. Also on his trip to San José not too long ago, he spotted the Ohlone-Chynowet… [+18392 chars]

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