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EXPLORE LOCAL MINING HISTORY

Bay Area Older Adults, Neighbor

A Santa Clara County Park Interpreter will lead us on a four–mile, round–trip hike. Learn about the mining history that helped to shape the landscape of historic Almaden Quicksilver County Park. This park is a National Historic District because of its ruins from more than 130 years of mining. We start at the Woods Road entrance and walk gradually uphill (300-foot elevation change), visiting the rotary furnace that produced more than a million flasks of mercury. We leisurely hike down to the ruins at English Camp, where we will enjoy a social lunch, and an optional tour around the ruins, before heading back. Lunch is provided.

To register, please visit: http://www.bayareaolderadults.org/2014-bao-hikes   and scroll down to Hike 10.  Sponsored by Bay Area Older Adults, a nonprofit organization that improves the health and well-being of adults age 50+.

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