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

The Leviathan Mine.

This mine was opened in 1863 to mine copper sulfate used during the silver rush. In the 1930's it was opened again as a sulfer mine. The State of California took it over in the 1980's.



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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