Great Western Quicksilver Mine

The Great Western Quicksilver Mine was a mercury mine in California, near Middletown in Lake County. The mining company was incorporated in 1872 and the mine produced from 1873 until 1909, when it was exhausted.

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Goss, Helen Rocca (1957), "The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine: Part I—The Mine and its Setting", The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, University of California Press, vol. 39 (2): 167–189, JSTOR 41166254
Goss, Helen Rocca (1957), "The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine: Part II-Camp and Home Life", The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, University of California Press, vol. 39 (3): 251–280, JSTOR 41169134
Goss, Helen Rocca (1957), "The Life and Death of a Quicksilver Mine: Part III-Good Times and Bad (Conclusion)", The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, University of California Press, vol. 39 (4): 357–370, JSTOR 41169298

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