A while back, I took a few days off to do some mine exploring with a friend. He said he had a couple of exciting mines to show me. He wasn’t wrong!
One of the mines we stopped at was first worked in the 1920s and was completely unremarkable on the surface. When I saw the entrance decline, I wasn’t too thrilled. All of the support timbers had rotted away from the mold. After a while, though, we got into better ground. We left the decline shaft and climbed onto a sublevel. It wasn’t long after that when we came to a couple of ore cars, and not only that, but they were wooden ore cars! A rare find indeed.
The mine had more to give, though. We found a neat, intact Anaconda air-powered hoist, a few more ore cars, and other artifacts. All in all, it was a great day!
I’ve been asked not to reveal the real name or give directions to this mine. Enjoy my photos!
