The Clayton Mine has something you rarely find at abandoned mines: a mill with nearly everything still inside. The coal-powered boiler still has coal in the bin. The massive diesel generator, the compressor, the ball mill, the flotation tanks, and vacuum filters are all still in place, as if the crew knocked off for the weekend in 1986 and never came back.
A small camp sits nearby, with a changing room where miners showered off the grime after their shifts underground. The whole complex feels less like ruins and more like a machine on pause.
We were fortunate to tour the mill through prior arrangements with the on-site caretaker. This is private property, so please don't trespass. Enjoy my photos instead.
