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Sequoia sempervirens, the coast redwood, occurring in California from south of the Bay Area north to the Oregon line. This was an important timber tree, and surviving large specimens are largely confined to Redwood National Park and vicinity, though a few isolated individuals, spared by loggers, survive elsewhere. There is lots of second growth through its range, as in the SF Peninsula, and in a thousand years or so they'll be as spectacular! Pix here are from the kitschy but fun Trees of Myst…
One of the best-preserved early 20th century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay. After the swift exhaustion of the bonanza ores at Hamilton, there was only desultory activity in the White Pine Mining District for some decades. Base metals occur in a wide zone around the precious metal deposits, however, and by the early 20th century they were becoming of interest. The Tonopah-Belmont Development Company build the (then) state-of-the-art Belmont Mill in 1…
An extraordinarily well-preserved set of charcoal kilns in the mountains west of Panaca, Nevada. They were used to make charcoal for the smelters in Pioche, Nevada and surrounding areas. They were built by Italian stone masons and have much better construction than many other surviving kilns. Note, for example, that the main portal at the base is a stone arch rather than a steel beam. (One arch has been propped up by a wood frame for preservation--it's obviously not original!) They were in…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE
In the flight I have had a look at your photos of your selectet places of the USA: Thanks for the post of the pictures and your descriptions in addition
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