Mercury and the Making of California: Mining, Landscape, and Race, 1840–1890

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277 Index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations. Abbott Mine, 111, 112, 207, 212–13(n39) Aetna Mine, 206, 211(n18) Ah Cat, 203 Ah Shee, 203, 238 Almadén Mine, 3, 24, 37, 44, 45, 51(nn28, 30), 53(n47), 66, 71, 122; comparison to New Almaden, 34–35; Hapsburg control of, 39–40 Altoona Mine, 90(n76), 99, 133(n33), 211(n18), 212(n35) amalgamation, mercury used in, 38, 42, 51(n25) Americanization, of California, 16–17 American Town, 240 Anglo-Americans, 147, 186(n5), 193, 197, 198 Austrian Hapsburgs, 40 Avila, Patricio, 146 Bañales, Juan, 139 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 64 Bank Crowd, 68, 77, 90(n77), 94; Comstock production, 75–76, 79; and New Idria Mine, 93, 130(n2), 255; and Quicksilver Mining Company, 69, 88(n55) banking houses, 38–39, 40 Bank of California, 79, 87(n37); and Quicksilver Mining Company, 68–69, 71, 72 Barron, Eustace, 27, 46, 48, 49, 53(n58), 83(nn1, 3), 259 Barron, William E., 57, 64, 68, 70, 83, 86(n23), 87(n35), 88–89(n57), 93, 199, 255 Barron & Co., 61, 62, 67, 68, 72, 86(n32), 88(n45), 133(n29); contracts, 70, 71, 75 Barron, Forbes & Co., 37, 46, 53(n58), 57, 83–84(n3), 86(nn23, 31), 87(n35), 139, 172, 190(n65), 245; and California, 48–49, 82–83; mercury sales, 58, 68; and New Almaden, 13, 14, 21, 22–23, 47–48, 54(n66), 55(n74), 60, 61, 62, 69, 147, 163, 178, 187(n21), 190(n65); Pacific market, 59, 60; trading network, 26–27 Barton, William H., 250 Becker, George F., 100, 101, 204 Bell, Thomas, 57–58, 64, 78, 83, 86(n23), 87(n38), 88–89(n57), 90–91(nn79, 84, 85), 93, 98, 245, 255; and Bank of California, 68–69; and Comstock production, 75–76; contracts and deals, 70, 80–81, 82; New Idria Mine, 130(n2), 199; North Bloomfield Mine, 74, 79, 253 Belmont, August, 67, 86(n31) Big Bend (Tex.), 115, 119, 120, 131(n14) 132(n17), 255 Billings, Frederick, 63–64 boardinghouses, 176, 228, 233, 249 Bolivia, 45 Bolton, James Robert, 57, 83(n2) Bolton, Barron & Co., 83(n3); mercury markets and, 58–60; operations of, 57–58 Bond, William, 66 bottling rooms, 167, 168 Brass Wire Company, 161 Brewer, William, 51(n19), 61, 173, 243(n27); visit to New Almaden, 35–36 British Empire, 16, 82–83, 259; and Mexico, 46–47 Brown China camp, 238 Browne, J. Ross, 36, 51(n20) Buchanan administration, 23, 65 Buckeye Mine, 212–13(n39), 258 Buena Vista shaft, 158, 160 bullion production, 51(n26), 57, 66; Comstock, 75–76 Bulmore, Robert, 153, 187(n29); photos by, 152, 154, 155, 157–58 Burling, James, 247 Burling, William, 247 Burlingame Treaty, 251 Bustamante furnaces, 122–23 index 278 Butterworth, Samuel, 51(n20), 63, 64–65, 72, 83(n3), 89(n66); at New Almaden, 66, 68, 69, 71, 74–75, 86(n24) cabins. See houses California, 1, 6, 21, 51(n24), 54(n69), 71, 114, 137; Americanization of, 16–17; Barron, Forbes & Co. and, 46–49, 82–83; Foreign Miners’ Tax, 14–15; land ownership in, 60, 61–62, 186(n13); state constitution, 81, 246–47, 249–51 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from Their First Discovery to the Present Day (Forbes), 46–47 California Land Commission, 62 California Quicksilver Association, 62 Californios, 137, 139, 147, 172, 186(n5) Calistoga, 128, 230, 231, 240, 249 Carson Mill Co., 77 Casa Grande, 15, 24, 25, 35, 36, 50(n15), 51(n21), 65, 172, 173, 174 Castillero, Andrés, 24, 54(n66), 62, 83(n1), 85(n15) Castillero Mine Claim, 63 Catholic church, Spanishtown, 175, 178 Catholics, 196, 223 Central Americans, 15 chargers, 163, 165 Charles V, 40, 41 Chile, 35, 145–46 Chileans, 8, 172, 197, 199, 200; at New Almaden Mine, 13, 15, 32, 34, 139; racial and ethnic hierarchy , 98, 186(n5); tribute contracts, 145–46 China, 51(nn24, 28), 251; mercury trade in, 35, 53(n54), 59, 66, 71, 88(n47), 90(n79), 174 Chinese, 15, 81, 98, 128, 189(n51), 193, 197, 210(n11), 211(n18), 213(n43); California’s exclusion of, 210(n9), 246–47, 249–50, 253, 255; in company towns, 229–31, 242(n7); contract labor, 208, 218; at Great Western mine, 200–202, 203–4, 215, 216, 236–38; at Guadalupe Mine, 198–99, 209–10(nn7, 10), 219; immigration, 251–52; in mining camps, 233–36, 240, 241, 244(n41); as ore pickers, 169–70...