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An old fireplace and chimney marks all that's left of a miner's house perhaps?
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This is a view of the site of the old Day Tunnel entrance (lower right) with San Francisco's East Bay Hills in the distance.
The Castillero Trail offers an interesting perspective into the ruins of the old mine office.
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Joan Pendleton
Feb 5, 2017 near Almaden Valley, CA
“An old fireplace and chimney marks all that's left of a miner's house perhaps?”  

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An old fireplace and chimney marks all that's left of a miner's house perhaps?
The Castillero Trail offers an interesting perspective into the ruins of the old mine office.
The old English Camp, pictured here, was a town of about 1000 people inhabited by miners and their families in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when nearby mines were active.
Enjoy this view of the countryside south of San Jose from the top of Church Hill, the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.
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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.
Climb Church Hill to visit the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.
This is a view of the site of the old Day Tunnel entrance (lower right) with San Francisco's East Bay Hills in the distance.
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