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	Almaden Quicksilver County Park - New Almaden and the Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum
		New Almaden is not part of the county park, but the history of the town is intimately linked with the mining history of the park.
		It was purchased by the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department in 1981.
		The New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association is a non-profit volunteer organization that serves the park.
	www.geocities.com /almadenqs/newalmmus.html (1196 words)

	Almaden Valley, San Jose, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Almaden Valley (often just called Almaden) is a neighborhood in the south of San Jose, California, USA, roughly equivalent to the 95120 ZIP Code.
		The neighborhood is east of Cambrian Park, and west of Santa Teresa.
		It is named after the New Almaden Mines, which are themselves named after the mercury mine in Almaden, Spain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Almaden_Valley (258 words)

	Bay Area Back Pages: Bay Area Hiking/Santa Clara Parks and City Parks
		This 730-acre park is administered by the city of San Jose and is the city's oldest and largest park.
		This is one of the coolest of the county parks, temperature-wise.
		To the southwest is the wealthy Almaden Valley, the Los Capitancillos Ridge of Almaden Quicksilver County Park, and the steep green Sierra Azuls, reaching 3486 feet at Mt. Umunhum.
	pages.prodigy.net /rhorii/sccparks.htm (6252 words)

	Greenbelt Alliance
		Remnants of the park's mining history are visible during the hike, but the vast majority of this area is undeveloped open space and wildlife habitat.
		Park at the entrance of the park, but note that there is no dedicated parking; you're simply pulling over on a suburban street.
		Almaden Museum, which is just outside the park boundaries, covers the history of the park's mining operations in detail; you can reach them at 408.323.1107.
	www.greenbelt.org /getinvolved/wondersandwanders/almaden/print.html (1646 words)

	MSN Encarta - San Jose (California)
		The largest of the many parks inside San Jose is Alum Rock Park, where many kilometers of hiking and equestrian trails wind through oak woodlands and chaparral in the mountain foothills.
		Almaden Lake Park is popular for its swimming beach on a lake that filled a former rock quarry.
		County-operated parks near the city include Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which was once a quicksilver mine; Sanborn-Skyline County Park, with groves of redwood trees and sweeping views of the Santa Clara Valley; and the large Joseph D. Grant County Park, on the eastern mountain slopes.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558840_2/San_Jose_(California).html (892 words)

	dan's outside : Almaden Quicksilver County Park Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although this park overlooks Silicon Valley (and even San Francisco on a clear day) and some trails are almost literally in the backyards of expensive Almaden Valley homes, there is a lot of great hiking here.
		Oaks and fog on a ridge at Almaden Quicksilver Park.
		Almaden Quicksilver Park with Mt. Hamilton in the distance.
	outside.danmitchell.org /photography/almadenquicksilver (456 words)

	Bay Area Hiker: Almaden Quicksilver County Park
		Quicksilver is another word for mercury, referring to its liquid properties (it's the only metal that is liquid at room temperature) and shiny silver color.
		Mining began here in the 1840's, and the New Almaden Mines (later, after a shift in ownership the name was changed to the Quicksilver Mining Company) became a thriving area with several settlements, including Englishtown and Spanishtown, a company store, and school.
		In spring, Almaden Quicksilver is famous for grand displays of wildflowers, but the park is pretty in autumn as well, when bigleaf maples, and fl and blue oaks shed their colorful leaves.
	www.bahiker.com /southbayhikes/almadenquicksilver.html (2442 words)

	Birds of the Almaden Valley
		Records for Almaden Quicksilver County Park include one heard in the Senator Mines Area on 6-15-00 (FVs), a newly fledged bird near the trailhead parking area in New Almaden on 6-12-00 (JMa), and a pair in that same area on 3-10-01 (AVe).
		Nesting was confirmed at Twin Creeks on 4-11-88 and at the junction of Bertram and Alamitos Roads in New Almaden on 4-2-03.
		Records for Almaden Quicksilver County Park include 2 in the Guadalupe Creek drainage on 1-21-99 (JMa), and 1 in a wooded gulch at the base of the Hacienda Trail on 3-7-99 (AVe).
	home.att.net /~redknot/almadenbirdlist.htm (7682 words)

	Almaden Quicksilver County Park - Home Page
		Almaden Quicksilver County Park is one of the jewels of the Santa Clara County Park system.
		To the north are the upscale suburbs of the Almaden Valley.
		2,241-acre Calero County Park is to the south.
	www.geocities.com /almadenqs (526 words)

	San Jose, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		By 1980, the city's population was 630,000; it reached 782,000 by 1990; and 894,943 by 2000--at which point Santa Clara County as a whole had 1,682,585 residents.
		Along the southern part of the river is the neighborhood of Almaden, originally named for the mercury mines which produced mercury needed for gold extraction from quartz during the California gold rush as well as mercury fulminate blasting caps and detonators for the U.S. military from 1870 to 1945.
		Almaden Quicksilver County Park, 4,147 acres of former mercury mines in South San Jose.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/san_jose__california.html (1798 words)

	Wildernet - Almaden Quicksilver County Park
		The park is the site of over 135 years of mining activities and former home to more than 1,800 miners and their families.
		All trails in the park are also open to pet owners to walk their dogs on leash.
		Park trails are subject to closure due to dangerous conditions, typically after heavy rains.
	www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=CASCAQ&CU_ID=157 (774 words)

	Almaden Quicksilver County Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Almaden Quicksilver County Park is a 4,147 acres (17 km²) park that includes the grounds of former mercury ("quicksilver") mines adjacent to south San Jose, California, USA.
		The park's elevation varies greatly--the most used entrances (on the east side of the park) are less than 600 feet (180 m) above sea level, while the highest point in the park is over 1,700 feet (520 m) above sea level.
		The remains of a variety of structures left over from the 135 years of mining activity, including housing for the up to 1,800 miners, are scattered about the park, with the biggest concentration at what was known as English Camp, established by Cornish miners in the 1860s.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Almaden-Quicksilver-County-Park.htm (270 words)

	Woz Way Paper
		Almaden Road was the wagon route that pioneer driven mule teams used to haul quicksilver to mining camps in the Nevada Comstock, and the California Mother Lode.
		The Hacienda, later to be known as the town of New Almaden, was built by the Company for private use, and the area became the focal point in the social life of the occupants of the mine.
		Amyx, with his tireless devotion to the residents of New Almaden, was instrumental in establishing the Mine, and its property, as the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
	www.sjsu.edu /depts/commstudies/woz/paper1.html (3388 words)

	Almaden Times Weekly - Serving San Jose's Almaden Valley Since 1986
		The residents are hoping that a new development community of 25 homes will help the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department purchase land to build off-street parking to accommodate park users now in danger of being hit by a car as they enter or exit the environmental oasis.
		Hamilton said the county is interested in acquiring the second parcel of land to build the parking lot, but it would be a separate project, which has not been environmentally studied.
		Almaden hiker and amateur nature photographer Doug Block, a frequent park user, said it was unfortunate that the development seemed to be moving forward.
	www.almadentimes.com /051905/planning.htm (1004 words)

	SFBG S.F. Life \| March 1, 2000 \| way out west (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		New Almaden supplied half of all the mercury used in the gold and silver mines of California and Nevada.
		The county completed a mercury cleanup at New Almaden before opening the park but still warns people not to eat fish from the reservoirs.
		Though the miners are long gone, the park is still home to more than 500 types of plants, a mosaic of oak woodland, chaparral, and grassland.
	www.sfbg.com /SFLife/34/22/west.html (852 words)

	Almaden Times Weekly - Serving San Jose's Almaden Valley Since 1986
		La Casa Grande on Almaden Road is an old brick building that still stands tall and proud as it did in the 1850's when it provided residence for the Quicksilver Mine Company managers.
		The New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association began in 1979 and is under the direction of the Santa Clara County Parks Department.
		“My first love, of course, is the Quicksilver Park and the museum,” she adds, followed by details of how they moved mining artifacts from the cottage on Almaden Road, restored the current location and dedicated it in June 1998.
	www.almadentimes.com /121803/kitty_m.htm (1327 words)

	The Eighth Annual BAOC Golden Goat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Almaden Quicksilver County Park once was one of the largest mercury mines in the United States with an on-site population of nearly 4,000 residents.
		The Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department purchased most of the former mines in two separate purchases, in 1973 and 1975.
		This is one of the poison-oakiest parks we use.
	www.baoc.org /sched/s03/s031123notes.html (2016 words)

	BAY NATURE: On the Trail, Jan-March 2002: Almaden Quicksilver County Park
		The occasional dilapidated shed, the remains of a 70-foot brick chimney perched on the hill, a fenced-off ore furnace, and rusting pieces of machinery woven with poison oak vines indicate past human activity.
		Several million years later, this ore became extremely valuable; mercury—or quicksilver as it was sometimes called—was an essential element in the process used to refine and purify gold and silver.
		The park headquarters and newly renovated museum are located in the Casa Grande about a half mile before the unpaved Hacienda parking area and trailhead.
	www.baynature.com /2002janmarch/ott_2002janmarch.html (2245 words)

	New Almaden, Santa Clara County, California -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Named for the famous Almaden mercury-producing mines in Spain, New Almaden attracted a world-wide interest during the Gold Rush, since mercury was the primary reduction agent of gold and silver.
		In 1974 the County of Santa Clara purchased the hills area for development as a county park.
		The Almaden Quicksilver county park, open from 8:00am to sunset, encompasses the mining landscape and several historic buildings.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/santaclara/alm.htm (795 words)

	Sunset: What's left of early ranch life in the Santa Clara Valley? - county parks
		On the shoulder of Mount Hamilton, Joseph D. Grant County Park was once one of the biggest ranches in the area, and some 350 head of cattle still graze its grassy slopes.
		All three parks are at their prime now, before summer heat browns the hills.
		This 3,093-acre park was once the summer homesite of cattle baron Henry Miller, whose herd peaked at a million head.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_v174/ai_3707519 (1017 words)

	Almaden Quicksilver County Park
		All of the trails we hiked in the park were wide dirt roads.
		There was a note on the map display board that said the New Almaden Trail (which we weren't taking, anyway) had been closed for several months due to a damaged foot bridge.
		Almost every other tree in the park we saw was completely green, but here was this one tree burning brightly with fall colors.
	kevingong.com /Hiking/200411AlmadenQuicksilver.html (843 words)

	Photo Gallery :: Almaden Quicksilver County Park
		Welcome to Almaden Quicksilver County Park, spectacular in natural diversity and a landmark of California history.
		The park encompasses 4,147 acres, occupying a majority of Capitancillos Ridge.
		How to Get There The Almaden Quicksilver County Park is located in south San Jose, in the town of New Almaden.
	www.innovativestamp.com /ipw-web/gallery/album02 (276 words)

	Almaden Quicksilver Loop
		Biking is limited to a single loop here, but it does pass very close to many of the last remnants of the mines and offered pleasant views of the east side of the Santa Cruz range, Silicon Valley, and Guadalupe reservior.
		The parking lot was just a speedy coast downhill from here, and for the first time in awhile it wasn't night by the time we got back-- just late dusk.
		Apparently these mines were some of the most lucrative in California, even during the gold rush, and "Almaden" (a common street name in San Jose) was a reference to the famous mines in Spain.
	www.gatetrails.com /exhibits/024quicksilver.html (472 words)

	Greenbelt Alliance \| Greenbelt Wonders & Neighborhood Wanders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Almaden Quicksilver County Park, Santa Clara County Park District, San Jose, CA Phone:
		Bikes are only allowed in the southern half of the park, not in the area through which this hike travels.
		There are lots of photos and more park info on Ron Horii's Almaden Quicksilver site.
	www.greenbelt.org /getinvolved/wondersandwanders/almaden (1684 words)

	INCH Hike Writeup
		Not only does Almaden Quicksilver County Park have decent hiking, but it also has large sections labeled Hazardous Area; Closed to the Public.
		The hazard is mercury, which was mined at Almaden for 135 years (until 1976).
		But this wasn't any ordinary mountain: it was Mine Hill, the highest point in the park and smack dab in the center of the hazardous area zone.
	www.rawbw.com /~svw/inch/hike.php?hike_num=101 (650 words)

	Councilmember Nancy Pyle - District 10 News
		He wanted the council to include a provision in the rezoning recommendation guaranteeing the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department will purchase 3.18 acres adjacent to the land where the homes will be constructed to build a 75-car parking lot at the northwest corner of McAbee Road and Skyfarm Drive.
		These people park along McAbee Road and are now in danger of being hit by a car as they enter or exit the park.
		She said many park users are in danger of being hit by a car as they often encroach into the travel lane when they prepare for their activities.
	www.sanjoseca.gov /district10/d10news/6905at.asp (564 words)

	MCC Field Trip Report - Almaden Quicksilver County Park, May 22, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Four people showed up for this Saturday’s Almaden Quicksilver County Park field trip, two of them were Camera Club members.
		For birders this park is one of the hotspots of the Bay Area.
		The park currently has two mountain lions in residence by the lake and numerous bobcats and other predatory mammals.
	www.milpitascamera.com /fieldtrips/report2004-05-22.htm (350 words)

	New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association
		If you live in or near the Santa Clara Valley or Silicon Valley in Northern California or are planning a trip to the area, you may enjoy a visit to the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park.
		Come and see our beautiful park and learn about its wildlife, and many historic photographs, writings, relics and landmarks.
		Note: except for the Park section, most of these pages are still under construction.
	www.newalmaden.org /thewebsite (196 words)

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