Here's more *LEONA SULPHUR MINES 1906* In 1906 the Leona Heights sulphur mines were opened east of the Laundry Farm Canyon. A bunker was built at The Car Barn site in the Laundry Farm Canyon, which connected aerial cable tramways to the sulphur mines, and later rock quarries, in the hills above. The mines were the project of *Francis Marion 'Borax' Smith*, who made a fortune in Oakland, but fell into bankruptcy in 1913.
The sulphur mines frequently caught fire, and had to be abandoned. With miles of tunnels, they were played out by 1929. The creeks were forever polluted with sulphur after that. In 1997, the surface asphalt of nearby Redwood Road was badly eaten away by sulphuric acid that bubbled up from the underground springs for a few weeks. No environmental remediation was done in those days, so the sterile mine tailings remain today, piled some 150 feet high at the head of Leona Creek. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:59 AM, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sam, > > Check out this page describing mine in the Leona Heights area of East > Oakland. > > http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/sulfur-mine-creek/ > > Eric > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Sam Koester <sam...@surewest.net>wrote: > >> Eric; Thanks for this information. Interesting that from what you and >> Mary have shared with me, there were no sulfur mines in the area. I thought >> that my dad had said his dad worked in the sulfur mines. Maybe it was the >> Mercury Sulfide mines and he got confused….. I only know that I picture my >> grandfather making that long hike over the hills to work in mines and I >> shake my head at the tenacity of our ancestors. >> >> >> >> Thanks again to both you and Mary for your information. Sam in Maz >> >> >> >> *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *eric edgar >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:36 AM >> >> *To:* azores@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found >> work >> >> >> >> Sam, >> >> >> >> Over the hills from Milpitas to me means following Calaveras Road east >> into the Diablo Range south of Livermore, This has long been a mining >> district. Coal was mined at Tesla and Corral Hollow, Magnesite at the Red >> Mountain district farther south. Magnesite is used in steel and rubber >> production. >> >> >> >> It could have also meant the New Almaden quicksilver mines south of San >> Jose. Mercurey Sulfide (Cinnabar) has been mined here since 1845. >> >> >> >> Eric Edgar >> >> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Sam Koester <sam...@surewest.net> wrote: >> >> I don't think this is too off subject....My father told me his dad used to >> walk "over the hill" to the mines. At this point in time they lived in >> either Milpitas (San Jose, CA area). I think, from the back of my mind, >> that it was a sulfur mine. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks, >> Sam in Maz >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of >> Mary Bordi >> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:59 PM >> To: azores@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work >> >> Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- >> >> I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in >> August 1905 that advertised (their words not mine) "White male help of >> all kinds furnished free of charge". It was issued four times daily >> and I imagine posted various places for people to see and sent to >> outlying areas, perhaps. All sorts of jobs were listed by category, >> such as waiters, blacksmiths, cooks, laborers, ranch hands, Saw mills, >> boys, married help etc. >> >> Something that might have appealed to our Azorean ancestors might be: >> >> Man run gang plow s. Joaquin Co. $1.25 day bd >> 4 Teamsters 2 horses Solano Co $1.50 fare >> Hay baler JM press 50c fare 14ctn >> Boy milk 3 cows and work on ranch 50c fare >> Milker 24-28 cows run hand separator feed etc. Merced Co fare 4.25 >> Farmer and wife 5 people to cook for $45 fd >> >> There were also city jobs and railroad jobs. >> >> Another broadsheet, undated, was a "Special list of corporations, >> syndicates, trusts and banking corporations jobs" (all labor, not >> office) and had this ad in Spanish, German, Greek, French, Italian and >> Portuguese: "Do you want secure and steady work? We need 100 >> Portuguese in 5 states and 2 territories, including all counties in >> California. If you want to work see Murray & Ready." 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