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The old "cabins" at the Rex Mine site are actually old railway boxcars

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07348-rex-mine.jpg An old Copenhagen tobacco lid rusts quietly amongst other, less identifiable, cans at the old Rex Mine siteThumbnailsIt looks like a tiny flat-roofed addition, just big enough to be a closet, was built on to the near cabinAn old Copenhagen tobacco lid rusts quietly amongst other, less identifiable, cans at the old Rex Mine siteThumbnailsIt looks like a tiny flat-roofed addition, just big enough to be a closet, was built on to the near cabinAn old Copenhagen tobacco lid rusts quietly amongst other, less identifiable, cans at the old Rex Mine siteThumbnailsIt looks like a tiny flat-roofed addition, just big enough to be a closet, was built on to the near cabinAn old Copenhagen tobacco lid rusts quietly amongst other, less identifiable, cans at the old Rex Mine siteThumbnailsIt looks like a tiny flat-roofed addition, just big enough to be a closet, was built on to the near cabinAn old Copenhagen tobacco lid rusts quietly amongst other, less identifiable, cans at the old Rex Mine siteThumbnailsIt looks like a tiny flat-roofed addition, just big enough to be a closet, was built on to the near cabin

The cars were probably removed from service down at Kelso, the nearest train station, and brought up the hill to this site.