#0428 Sulphur Bank Mine

Title

#0428 Sulphur Bank Mine

Site information:

Sulphur Bank Rd, 1.5 mi S of Clearlake Oaks

39.004774,-122.658996

Plaque information:

No plaque

OHP description:

This sulphur mine also became one of the most noted quicksilver producers in world. First worked for sulphur in 1865, in four years it produced a total of 2,000,000 pounds - reopened and developed for quicksilver in 1873, it is credited with total output of 92,400 flasks, and was an important producer in World Wars I and II.

Registered 3/16/1949

Collection

Lake County

Geolocation