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  • Moving the Dead Tree
    February 18, 2026 · 2 min read

    Moving the Dead Tree

    A few weeks ago I was walking my property taking pictures for a conference talk. I’ve owned this place for about a year and a half. Twenty acres on a former gold mine in the Sierra foothills. The previous owner’s documents showed one mine. I’d explored it, mapped the air shafts, found a box labeled DYNAMITE that turned out to be road flares. I thought I knew what was here.

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