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I climb down from the rooster comb and notice a small tailings pile of greenish shale-like strips

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07644-tailings.jpg Looking toward Kelso from the rooster comb, I keep looking for my tent, which is too small to be visible in this viewThumbnailsBack on the old road, it's time to head back to camp; the upper-left of the hill ahead is where I visited the cave a while agoLooking toward Kelso from the rooster comb, I keep looking for my tent, which is too small to be visible in this viewThumbnailsBack on the old road, it's time to head back to camp; the upper-left of the hill ahead is where I visited the cave a while agoLooking toward Kelso from the rooster comb, I keep looking for my tent, which is too small to be visible in this viewThumbnailsBack on the old road, it's time to head back to camp; the upper-left of the hill ahead is where I visited the cave a while agoLooking toward Kelso from the rooster comb, I keep looking for my tent, which is too small to be visible in this viewThumbnailsBack on the old road, it's time to head back to camp; the upper-left of the hill ahead is where I visited the cave a while agoLooking toward Kelso from the rooster comb, I keep looking for my tent, which is too small to be visible in this viewThumbnailsBack on the old road, it's time to head back to camp; the upper-left of the hill ahead is where I visited the cave a while ago

I guess this prospect, which apparently never amounted to anything, is why the Rex Mine claim extends out to here beyond the main mine.