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A trickle of rusty, contaminated water exudes from a tunnel in the hillside above the mine tailings

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00691-mine-water-800px.jpg After a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileThumbnailsA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileThumbnailsA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileThumbnailsA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileThumbnailsA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileThumbnailsA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my left

The water isn't pretty, but the big shade tree (an oak?) is. Many chaparral plants normally found near the California coast grow as a "botanical island" in this highland area of the Mojave Desert.