Manitoba also has prehistoric quartz mines to the far north, and evidence of ancient quartz mining also exists along the Winnipeg River area.
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The move to quartz mining led to Tarnagulla taking on a more settled appearance with brick and stone buildings replacing the earlier canvas structures.
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In 1860 at the age of nineteen, Ayer headed west to Silver City, Nevada where he found employment at a quartz mine.
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Quartz mining began in the early 1850s, and the first custom stamp mill in the district was located at the head of Sandy Gulch.
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Hardrock mining ( in California called " quartz mining " ) began in 1849, and placer mining by hydraulic mining began in 1852.
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The need for a council at Huntly arose from gold and quartz mining in the area, including alluvial deposits and some deep leads in the area.
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A dozen Iraqi Bedouins had taken over the old quartz mine and had dug a well, which they used to irrigate a meager onion crop in the desert sands.
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During the early quartz mining period, an extensive network of trails were constructed on the mountain to connect the many silver claims with Carcross and / or Windy Arm.
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As the easier gold was recovered, the mining became much more capital and labor-intensive as the hard rock quartz mining, hydraulic mining, and dredging mining evolved.
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In book # 1 of Mariposa county records, originally filed in Aqua Fria, on Page 2, there is a claim known as the Spencer quartz mine and adjacent millsite.
