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I come around a bend and it looks like the road will end at the mine tunnel and tailings pile ahead

08968-road-trail-800px.jpg Other splashes of color are provided by the fairly abundant phacelia flowers in the areaThumbnailsApproaching the tunnel at the Bighorn Basin MineOther splashes of color are provided by the fairly abundant phacelia flowers in the areaThumbnailsApproaching the tunnel at the Bighorn Basin MineOther splashes of color are provided by the fairly abundant phacelia flowers in the areaThumbnailsApproaching the tunnel at the Bighorn Basin MineOther splashes of color are provided by the fairly abundant phacelia flowers in the areaThumbnailsApproaching the tunnel at the Bighorn Basin MineOther splashes of color are provided by the fairly abundant phacelia flowers in the areaThumbnailsApproaching the tunnel at the Bighorn Basin Mine

Then I notice that the road seems to go beyond and switchback up to a higher ledge straight ahead.