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A Walk Through Time: The 1898 Powder Mill Explosion, by Janet Krassow and Randy Krassow
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Limestone, by Henry G. Hubbard
This company was organized in 1922 and took over the old Caplatzi quarry which had been operated on a small ... [Read more]

Stone Industry: Crushed Rock, Sand and Gravel [1943], by Henry G. Hubbard
Except at the plant of the Pacific Limestone Products Company [more information in the article on limestone] where a small ... [Read more]

The Bernard Peyton Mansion, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works
The California Powder Works, situated on the San Lorenzo River two and a half miles north of the city of ... [Read more]

The California Powder Works Dam, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works Flume, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill, by Barry Brown
The first Europeans to set foot in the Monterey Bay area, the sole domain of Native Americans for thousands of ... [Read more]

The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Section 2, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Section 3, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Section 4, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Section 6, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: How Gunpowder Was Made at the CPW, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Introduction, by Barry Brown
The first Europeans to set foot in the Monterey Bay area, the sole domain of Native Americans for thousands of ... [Read more]

The California Powder Works & San Lorenzo Paper Mill: Section 1, by Barry Brown
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The California Powder Works Tunnel, by Barry Brown
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The Cannons, by Barry Brown
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The Charcoal Retorts, by Barry Brown
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The Corning Mill, by Barry Brown
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The Covered Bridge, by Barry Brown
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CPW Railroad Entrance, by Barry Brown
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Dedication, by Barry Brown
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The First C.P.W. Office, by Barry Brown
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Glaze Mill #1, by Barry Brown
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The Great Explosion of 1898, by Barry Brown
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The Liberty Flag Pole, by Barry Brown
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The Main California Powder Works Plant, by Barry Brown
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Over-Gear Wheel Mill #2, by Barry Brown
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The Pack House, by Barry Brown
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The Paper Mill Dam, by Barry Brown
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The Powder House, by Barry Brown
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The Powder Magazine, by Barry Brown
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The Powder Mill Creek, by Barry Brown
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A Powder Works Home, by Barry Brown
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The Powder Works Village, by Barry Brown
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The Press Mill, by Barry Brown
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The San Lorenzo Paper Mill, by Barry Brown
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The Smokeless Powder Plant, by Barry Brown
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The Steam Mills, by Barry Brown
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The Tin House, by Barry Brown
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Under-Gear Wheel Mill #8, by Barry Brown
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The Washington Pathway, by Barry Brown
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The William C. Peyton Mansion, by Barry Brown
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Prepared by C. McK. Laizure,
Mining Engineer of the California State Mining Bureau

Miller Quarry

This property, formerly known as the Thurber Quarry, contains 23 acres, situated two miles northwest of Santa Cruz, adjacent to holdings of the Pacific Limestone Products Company. The rock varies from a ..." [More]

Excerpted from Mineral Survey of Santa Cruz County - Limestone by C. McK. Laizure