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Tree and Chimney at Almaden Quicksilver

Tree and Chimney. Almaden Quicksilver Park. March 18, 2006. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

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Reduction Works Detail

Reduction Works Detail. Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 4, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
The Reduction Works is high on a ridge on the Castillero Trail at Almaden Quicksilver Park. This is where, as I understand it, cinnabar was refined to extract mercury. The Reduction Works building still stands in a state of benign neglect. In other [...]

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Lupine, Reduction Works, and Loma Prieta

Lupine, Reduction Works, and Loma Prieta. Almaden Quicksilver Park. May 7, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.
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