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  1. 1997.2.3448 - Photograph

    A stagecoach loaded with passengers and pulled by a team of six mules in 1896. The driver is identified as Pancho Alcaraz. The stage is the New Almaden Stage. This was taken in front of a building at the Hacienda reduction site.

    Record Type: Photo

    New Almaden stage, 1896
  2. 1998.1.164 - Letter

    1977

    Record Type: Archive

    Letter
  3. 1998.1.386 - Photograph

    Same as 2006-002-033. Part of Spanishtown.Bulmore ID 36.tif These photos are listed as Bulmore photos copyrighted by the Bulmore Family. For permission to print, please contact Wes Lord. These pictures (for the most part) were taken by Robert Richard Bulmore, last general manager of the mines. Some are family photographs and some are of the mine workings, mine workers and their homes. These prints were made by Walter Ringborn, made from the ori...

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph
  4. 1998.1.395 - Photograph

    A mid-distance view of the buildings in Englishtown. Viewed toward the northeast. The church appears in a faded part of the photo on the right.

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph
  5. 1998.1.403 - Photograph

    Sixteen unidentified men in the Mountain Echo Band of New Almaden. "The Mountain Echo Band was organized on the hill in 1890 made up of members from Spanishtown and Englishtown."

    Record Type: Photo

    Mountain Echo Band of New Almaden, 1890
  6. 1998.1.405 - Photograph

    Eleven men seen in costume, preparing for a "play". Identified from the rear left as [2] Reys Barraza [leaning against building], [2] Richard Harry [in foreground], [3] C C Derby [left boot on chair], Charles F. O'Brien [sitting in chair], Tom Wasley Jr. Left doorway], Mr. Thomas Wasley Sr. [Middle of doorway], Alex (A. C.) Innes Right side doorway], Dick [Richard J.] Pierce [left Chinaman seated on stair], William H. (Harry) Pearce [right China...

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph
  7. 1998.1.408 - Photograph

    New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, Calif. Three unidentified men. Cruz Mercado on extreme right. "Loading ore underground in the 1890's, site unknown."

    Record Type: Photo

    Cruz Mercado (far right) loading ore underground in the 1890's
  8. 1998.1.418 - Photograph

    Twenty-four unidentified people pose for a photo in front of their home (the company boarding house). Eight are posed on their burros. "Throughout the mining areas of the old west, the burro was a conspicuous member of most camps. Many of the younger generation in Englishtown and Spanishtown were proud owners of this sturdy little animal. This line-up of riders was taken in front of the company boarding house in the late 1880's."

    Record Type: Photo

    residents and their mules in front of the boarding house, 1887
  9. 1998.1.425 - Photograph

    Ten miners in a mine tunnel at New Almaden. Chas Derby on left, Dick Harry (in beard) next, followed by Cruz Mercado. Third man from left, front, Wilford France; second man front, Dick(?) Billings. They are holding candleholders, indicating an early photo, probably in the 1890's

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph
  10. 1998.1.434 - Photograph

    "Machine drillers, New Almaden. Exact site unknown. Jim Ricard and Dick Collins."

    Record Type: Photo

    Photograph

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