Although forest has since reclaimed the area, mine cuts, ditches, tailings piles and several shafts are still visible.

Two circular open-pit mines are visible, as well as a number of tailings ponds and tailings piles.

Now there is nothing left other than a few holes where mines were, and a number of tailings piles.

Placer mining for gold altered the structure of many stream channels and left extensive tailings piles in riparian areas.

Tailings are placed in huge mounds called tailings piles which are located close to the mills where the ore is processed.

A tailings pile is on the hillside.

A tailings pile was growing to one side, and a leachpond had been built nearby.

Mercury was formerly mined in this area, and abandoned mines along with tailings piles can be found.

Mining left many tailings piles (small hills of ground rock), which are considered unsightly locally.

Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations, especially those left by gold mining dredges.