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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 A little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftThumbnailsAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftThumbnailsAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftThumbnailsAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftThumbnailsAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mileA little higher, I approach a face-like rock formation in the foreground at my leftThumbnailsAfter a bit more climbing, I turn around to see that I've risen quite a bit during the last half mile

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.