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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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id. Though the present outlookis not particularly encouraging,* the success attending concentrationexperiments at the ^tna and Oat Hill mines, gives promise of atleast a partial revival. (For more extended remarks regarding con-centration, see introduction to Quicksilver under Lake County.) Ashas already been*noted, Napa Countys quicksilver mines are credited * Since the above was written, the price of quicksilver has more tlian doubled as aresult of the European war. 284 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. officially with a production valued at $15,000,000, but with a reputedoutput in excess of $22,000,000. ^tna Quicksilver Mine (formerly JEtna Consolidated). The ^tnagroup is at the southeast end of the Mayacmas district near the headof a branch of Pope Creek, on the ridge separating it from JamesCreek. It is in Sees. 2 and 3, T. 9 N., R. 6 W., 2 miles southeastfrom the Oat Hill mine and 9 miles northeast of Calistoga, thoughSt. Helena (18 miles) is its railroad shipping point on account of
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Photo No. 30. Concentrators in Mill of ^Etna Quicksilver Mine, Napa County. better roads and easier grades. Post office is Lidell. The group con-sists of Phoenix, Silver Bow, Red Hill, Washington, Pope, and Starclaims, all patented. Quicksilver ore is said to have been discoveredhere in 1854 by Lawley. It was later sold to Haufmeister et al., thento the ^tna Consolidated Quicksilver Company; then in 1904 thepresent owners, Lawley Brothers, Calistoga. Bror Soderhjelm, Lidell,is lessee. The earliest production was from the Phoenix. The mostimportant producing periods of the ^tna group were between 1877and 1887, and for about six years beginning with 1892. As the earlyfigures were not segregated the total output can not be stated exactly,but it is estimated to be in excess of 36,000 flasks. The last two or NAPA COUNTY. 285 three years that the ^tna Consolidated Company had the mine mainlyprospecting was done. In 1910-1912, a small production was madefrom clean-up by leasers around the ol

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