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Ruins of the old Mine Hill mine on-site supervisor's home.
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Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
Getting close to the ruins of the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace - used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century.
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Joan Pendleton
Dec 18, 2016 near Almaden Valley, CA
“Ruins of the old Mine Hill mine on-site supervisor's home.”  

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Ruins of the old Mine Hill mine on-site supervisor's home.
Getting close to the ruins of the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace - used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century.
Ruins of the Mine Hill Rotary Furnace - used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century.
The entrance to the Main Tunnel of the New Almaden Mine was down there in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was a cinnaber (mercury ore) mine.
On Castillero Trail, approaching the ruins. Mine Hill Rotary Furnace used to extract mercury from cinnabar in the early 20th century
From the thick woods down in the Deep Gulch Trail, the view looks across Deep Gulch to hills on the other side of the gulch (lighter green through the trees).
Site of the Yellow Kid Tunnel entrance to the New Almaden Mine, a cinnabar (mercury ore) mine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Almaden Reservoir from the Hidalgo Cemetery Trail.
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