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Climb Church Hill to visit the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.
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The tread is quite smooth going to the site of the old English Camp on the English Camp Trail.
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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Joan Pendleton
Feb 5, 2017 near Almaden Valley, CA
“Climb Church Hill to visit the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.”  

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Climb Church Hill to visit the site of the miners' old English Camp Church.
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.
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.
An old fireplace and chimney marks all that's left of a miner's house perhaps?
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).
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.
The Castillero Trail offers an interesting perspective into the ruins of the old mine office.
The tread is quite smooth going to the site of the old English Camp on the English Camp Trail.
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