The Gold Mines of Standard Hill

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We found this tipped-over headframe at Standard Hill as we drove past. The vertical shaft that it formerly stood over has been filled in. Not sure how a large structure like this gets tipped over. It was a nice piece of mining history to find out in the desert.



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