IMG_4655

2010s - Memorial weekend '11

Folder: 2010s
IMG_4972_cleaned

IMG_4972_cleaned

30 May 2011 126
IMG_4974

IMG_4974

30 May 2011 121
IMG_4975

IMG_4975

30 May 2011 94
IMG_4976

IMG_4976

30 May 2011 115
IMG_4977

IMG_4977

30 May 2011 152
Pine Creek Mine

Pine Creek Mine

30 May 2011 130
A major tungsten producer in California's Sierra Nevada. Still technically "mothballed."
IMG_4980

IMG_4980

30 May 2011 140
IMG_4983

IMG_4983

30 May 2011 74
IMG_4984

IMG_4984

30 May 2011 128
Pine Creek mine & mill

Pine Creek mine & mill

30 May 2011 1 157
Another view, showing the scale of the cliffs above the mine. The gray rock is metalimestone that hosted the scheelite mineralization.
IMG_4990

IMG_4990

30 May 2011 127
Pine Creek canyon

Pine Creek canyon

30 May 2011 1 195
Showing terraced tails from the mill (just off the pic to the left) at the Pine Creek Mine. The snowcapped range on the skyline is the White Mountains, east of the Sierra Nevada. We're looking pretty much due east. Sierra Nevada, California, USA.
Pine Creek Mine & mill

Pine Creek Mine & mill

30 May 2011 1 172
A major tungsten producer in California's Sierra Nevada. Still technically just "mothballed," altho it hasn't shipped any WO3 in over a decade. Here's a link to a brief history in the L.A. Times: articles.latimes.com/2000/aug/27/local/me-11113
IMG_4997

IMG_4997

30 May 2011 137
Pine Creek Mine

Pine Creek Mine

30 May 2011 3 4 247
A major tungsten producer in California's Sierra Nevada. Still technically "mothballed."
IMG_4654

IMG_4654

27 May 2011 84
IMG_4659

IMG_4659

27 May 2011 117
IMG_4660

IMG_4660

27 May 2011 118
376 items in total