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Postcard showing the tollgate at the entrance to the Hacienda area of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine. Two men are shown to the right of the postcard, one leaning against the gate. The tollgate provided security for the mining area as well as collected a toll on items brought in from the outside and not purchased in the company store. To the right is a tower with a bell that would be sounded in case of fire. The road led through the small community of Hacienda which had a post office, general store, church, school, doctor etc. to serve the miners and their families. In the background can be seen the furnaces where ore was roasted to release mercury. The sign over the gateway commemorates the 100th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration, indicating the original photograph was taken in 1889.
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image
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image/jpeg2000 Scaled to 3000 pixels width. Grayscale strip cropped from image. Scanning outsourced to Northern Micrographics as part of the Local History Digital Resources Project, 2005-2006. Technical metadata is limited
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