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When I got to the top of the hill, I found that it was covered with river rocks. It wasn't always the top of a hill; it used to be a river bed.
A year or two ago, I was wandering around near the Salt River and noticed that a lot of rocks on the ground had been split. I finally convinced myself they were split because people used to drive cars out there and the cars had broken them. Well, I don't think many cars have been on top of that hill, and there were a lot of split rocks. I took pictures of a few of them. They're awfully boring pictures.
Then I came across this, which seemed out of place up there. It's a fence post, BTW.
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| From BC_2008_09_18 |
And then I came to this, which is an old fence around an older mine shaft.
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Here's a ladder coming out of the mine, which is now filled with dirt.
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There were a lot of small depressions in that side of the hill, as if the miners made a lot of small exploratory holes. Also, even though the hill is covered in river rocks, the inside of it seems to be volcanic rock. The tailings around the mines had a lot of quartz in them. I think the miners were looking for gold. Then I found a larger mine.
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There's still a large hole there. I couldn't see the end of it. Dirt piled around the entrance blocks the view. I'm going to have to go out there in the day time with a mirror to shine some light back there. I'm not crawling in there myself, though.
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Maybe an ogre lives in there now, and here are the bones of his latest victim.
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Somebody look at all of the bone pictures and tell me what kind of animal that was.
I was wondering if there was enough light to get a picture of this cactus when I noticed the anti crepuscular rays.
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Click below to see all of the pictures, or just watch the slide show (thought it's too small).
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