| This is one of many abandoned structures just across the road from what the DeLorme map indicates at the Nikolaus Eureka Mine. The rocks were hauled up a long ramp to the top of this structure, then probably crushed and extracted below. There were many different cement foundations in the area, most of the wood is completely gone. | |
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Just a little ways away is a very nasty looking tailings pool. I did not get very close to this pool and I made sure to stay upwind at all times. It was rich in some kind of mineral. Most of the mines in this area were lead/silver mines. I don't know what was processed at this particular mine, but the rock piles in the area were stained bright green. |
| The desert drys things out very well indeed. Here is a small bar of Jergens soap, as dried out as it can be. |  |
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