On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Sam Koester wrote:
I don't think this is too off subject....My father told me his dad
used to
walk "over the hill" to the mines. At this point in time they lived
in
either Milpitas (San Jose, CA area). I think, from the back of my
mind,
that it was a sulfur mine. Does anyone know anything about this?
Thanks,
Sam in Maz
There were quicksilver mines in Almaden (or maybe they called it New
Almaden)--now part of San Jose. That is on the western side of the
Santa Clara valley.
There may have been other mines in the mountains on the eastern side
of the Santa Clara valley, too, in the Mt. Hamilton area. But that
seems like more than just over the hill!
Mary Bordi
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