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Randol trail

Randol Trail. Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 28, 2004.

Ironically, this photo was an afterthought. I had just put away my tripod (after taking a less-interesting shot) and was getting ready to hike away when I started thinking about a different photo. I didn’t want to get my tripod out though so I was almost ready to just leave. Then I figured I’d just carefully take a couple handheld shots. I took the first one and when I looked up I noticed the interesting trees on the left, which were not in the original shot.

August 28, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | 1 Comment

Almaden Quicksilver County Park Structures Photographs

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***About this page

You might wonder “why so many pictures of this park?” It is the closest decent hiking location to my home, so I go there frequently – often once a week. Although this park overlooks Silicon Valley (and even San Francisco on a clear day) and some trails are almost literally in the backyards of expensive Almaden Valley homes, there is a lot of great hiking here. (More info at http://www.parkhere.org/ and at Ron Horii’s Almaden Quicksilver web site.)

I have created this page for photographs of the interesting and historic old structures and other remnants of New Almaden’s mining period. There is no escaping the fact that this was a mining site for many years (hence “Almaden Quicksilver County Park”), and I find the ruins historically and aesthetically interesting.

Note: Additional photographs from this park are found on the Almaden Quicksilver County Park Photographs page and here.

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

Reduction Works Detail. Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 4, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.

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

Reduction works site and grass. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 17, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

Barn Door. Almaden Quicksilver Park. March 26, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

Senador Mine Site. March 26, 2005. Almaden Quicksilver Park. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

Senador Mine. Almaden Quicksilver Park. February 12, 2005. Photo copyright Dan Mitchell.

Mining artifacts. Almaden Quicksilver Park. January 1, 2005.

Buena Vista Pump House site. Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 4, 2004.

Old fence and leaves. Almaden Quicksilver Park. November 11, 2004.

Reduction Works. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 16, 2004.

Old building at English Camp. Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 26 2004.

Catherine Tunnel mine site. Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 7, 2004.

Ruins of an old wooden building. July 28, 2004.

Abandoned mining equipment. Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 26, 2004.

Mine ruins near the Castillero/Woods Road trail junctions. June 12, 2004.

Weathered shack wall. Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 5, 2004.

Detail of building wall at Almaden Quicksilver Park. June 5, 2004.

Trees and wall. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.

Buena Vista Mine site. March 3, 2004.

Looking into and through an old outbuilding at Almaden Quicksilver Park. March 30, 2004.

East-facing window in old building at Almaden Quicksilver Park. March 30, 2004.

English Camp Building. Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 18, 2003.

Reduction Works. Almaden Quicksilver Park. February 2003.
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Ruins

Ruins of an old wooden building. July 28, 2004.
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English Camp Building

Old building at English Camp. Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 26 2004.
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U.S. Report, in Shift, Turns Focus to Greenhouse Gases

Previously, the administration had emphasized uncertainties in understanding the causes and consequences of global warming. By Andrew C. Revkin. [<a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/index.html?partner=rssuserland”>The New York Times > Home Page</a>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/26/science/26climate.html?ex=1251259200&en=e2f0d6cabc5bf2a4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

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Whalers Cove

Whalers Cove. Point Lobos State Reserve. August 23, 2004.
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Seals… or sea lions?

Seals (sea lions?) at Point Lobos. August 23, 2004.
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Weston Beach

Weston Beach. Point Lobos State Reserve. August 23, 2004.
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