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Quicksilver Mining Co. Annual Report, New Almaden, 1874

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Quicksilver Mining Co. Annual Report, New Almaden, 1874
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The Quicksilver Mining Company Annual Report for 1874. Originally the New Almaden Mining Co. Incorporated by the state of New York, April 10, 1866. Reports and exhibits, submitted at the annual meeting of the stockholders held in New York, February 25th, 1874 by Quicksilver Mining Company. D. Murphy's Son, steam printer, NY. Original printed yellow wrappers stitched (spine is separated). 37pp. Very good. The mines were located in New Almaden, California. President Daniel Drew reports on their productivity: 11,042 flasks of mercury were produced each weighing approximately 76 pounds. Details production at each of the mines for the company. After being discovered by Indians near San Jose, CA., Andres Castillero, a captain in the Mexican Army, obtained a grant to the mine in 1846 but, occupied with his military duties during the Mexican War, soon sold it to Barron, Forbes Company, an English textile firm based in Tepic, Mexico. The original mining claim was confirmed by the Board of Commissioners that evaluated private land claims in California on January 8, 1856, but continuing litigation in the District Court, The United States vs. Andres Castillero, plagued the company. A claim of fraud was made on behalf of the Quicksilver Mining Company, which had acquired a competing land claim originating in an adjacent agricultural lot to the mine. On appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court the mining claim was found invalid in a decision rendered March 10, 1863. After another related claim was settled, the New Almaden Mine was re-incorporated on April 10,1866 as the Quicksilver Mining Company. Date: Location: New Almaden, California HWAC# 58506