Historical Mines (11)
New Idria, California History
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New Idria, California ca. 1916
New Idria mine ca. 1910
New Idria mine 1918
New Idria mine 1918
New Idria mine 1918
Day shift at entrance to No. 10 tunnel New Idria
Tramming ore at the New Idria mine
Timbering in the New Idria mine 1917
The 1918 publication Quicksilver Resources of California by the California State Mining Bureau captions this photo: "Flashlight view in square set stope (30' wide) between No. 2 and No. 2 1/2 levels, New Idria Mine."
Ore train at New Idria 1917
Moving mining equipment at New Idria 1917
This was a rotary furnace for continuously retorting the mercury ore (cinnabar).
New Idria Store ca. 1910
