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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: January 9, 2012
Caption:
Wood Road & Jacques Ridge Marker | Additional Description:
[Photo captions; top, left to right:]
A teamster hauls wood along Wood Road for furnaces at the Hacienda Reduction Works. In 1892, teamsters were paid $35 per month plus board.
Photograph courtesy Robert Bulmore.
Hacienda Furnaces required up to 300 cords of wood per month. It was 4.5 miles down Wood Road to the furnaces.
Photograph courtesy S.J. Hawes.
Current location of the sandstone quarry along Wood Road. The Quicksilver Mining Company found substantial deposits in 1884 and used this stone at the Buena Vista Shaft house.
Photograph 2008 by Art Boudreault.
[Photo caption, bottom:]
A modern panorama of Wood Road and the western side of Jacques Ridge, looking north. Above Jacques Ridge is Los Capitancillos Ridge. This is a good view of the Sandstone Quarry and the modern 35-ton rotary furnace.
Photograph by Art Boudreault.
Submitted: February 19, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p193695
File Size: 2.594 Megabytes
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