Marnie, I, also, think this is a pleasing little pastorial picture of
Mt. Diablo. 

Jack ;)
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> Another picture, same series...
> 
> 
> The second peak (left) is Mt.  Diablo. Or rather one of Mt. Diablo's
> peaks. 
> In addition to being an interesting  mountain, Mt. Diablo is also a
> California 
> State Park.
> 
> On the right you  can see a gouged area in the hill that was caused
> by coal 
> strip mining. Once  upon a time there was coal mining in the Mt.
> Diablo area, 
> until about the 1920's  when sand mining took over. It is now museum
> material. 
> That area is directly  behind Black Diamond Mines. It probably was a
> part of 
> Black Diamond Mines, or  else it was a completely different mine. Mt.
> Diablo 
> State Park acquired the  remains of some coal mines in the 1970's. So
> I suspect 
> that hillside is also the  boundary of Mt. Diablo State Park.
>  
> 
> I think this is a pleasing little pastoral picture of Mt. Diablo. 
> ;-)
> 
> http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/diablo.htm
> 
> Comments  welcome.
> 
> Marnie aka  Doe
> 
> 
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