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
I have cousins in Cedar Hills Utah, Maybe you guys can start one ;-)
On Jan 23, 9:47 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Repost for Ally in Utah:
Was envious of all you in California who are able to choose from so many
Portuguese Seminars and Portuguese Genealogy Clubs that offer
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
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.
Eric; Very interesting. I don't think though, that this is where my day
meant his dad walked to. Dad was pointing over the hill south rather than
north and we were on Sierra Rd. in the San Jose hills at the time. Don't
know if I mentioned in my previous post or not but; my dad said my
Eric and Mary, In case you are interested, I found this information that
might have something to do with my granddad's mining work...
http://www.historysanjose.org/neighborhoods/newalmaden/index.html
Sam in Maz
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Thank-you for all your fascinating stories.
best, grace falcone
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