Stone building ruins at the Mariscal Mine in southern Big Bend National Park. The high peaks of the Chisos Mountains are in the distance (to the north). Cinnabar was discovered around 1900, and mining and ore processing occurred intermittently between 1900 and 1943 when mining operations ended. Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS home page is http://www.usgs.gov
This photograph is by carnkie and was uploaded January 13th 2010. © carnkie please do not copy or distribute without prior express permission.
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