Alma College
a coeducational institution in Alma, Mich., organized under the a auspices of the Presbyterian Church; reported in 1919: Professors and instructors, 22; students, 200; president, H. M. Crooks, LL. D.
ALMADEN (al-mä-dān'), a town in Spain, 50 miles S. W. of Ciudad Real, situated in the chain of the Sierra Morena.
Pop. about 9,000. It is famous for its rich quicksilver mines, dating from the 17th century, but worked by the Romans. Crown property, they were rented by the Fuggers of Augsburg (1525-1645), and by the firm of Rothschild (1836-1863), but are now again carried on by the government.