| Location: |
Plaque located NW corner of State Hwy
25 and Panoche Rd (J1), site located on San Carlos Peak,
from Paicines, 30 mi E on Panoche Rd (J1) to New Idria
Rd, then 21 mi S to mine
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| From the Guidebook: |
Named for Idria Mine in Austria,
the New Idria ranks among the most famous quicksilver
mines of the world. Mission fathers, before American occupation,
made assays and determined the ore to be cinnabar, mining
began in the 1850s, and in 1881 between two and three
hundred men were employed.
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