By: Annette

Date: June, 2007

Housed inside an 1854 hotel known as La Casa Grande, the museum traces the rise and fall of quicksilver mining in the once-flourishing town of New Almaden. A museum visit can be combined with a walk around Almaden Quicksilver County Park, which covers 4,000 largely undeveloped acres, with 33 miles of trails for hikers.

Thanks to Savvy in Silicon Valley.

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