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Photographs of some of the abandoned mine works near Monitor Pass, Alpine County, California.

Mine tailings

This heavily mined area is just east of where the 4 meets the 89 near Monitor Pass.

Yes, Virginia, tailings really are these sickly colors.



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Photographs of some of the abandoned mine works near Monitor Pass, Alpine County, California. Leviathan mine, Monitor Pass, Route 89, Morning Star Mine, Morningstar Mine, Markleeville, Alpine county, Sierra Nevada, photographs, pictures, travel, tourism, California