I live in Utah and we had a huge gold and silver mining industry at one time here (and coal as well). It's too bad there never was an effort to do what you guys have done and preserve some of the workings and mines. It's nearly completely erased now. I remember as a child some of the smelters and huge head frames at the mining towns. As a teen, I explored a few that remained. Now, some of the towns still exist, but the mining aspect is really almost completely gone. Especially the gold towns. But many of the coal towns as well. Sad. Luckily, there is a pretty good photographic record of the era and a few good books.
There's some good history there! Yeah it's a shame that infrastructure wasn't saved. A lot of it has been removed here as well but some of the bigger structures still stand - smelters, mine shafts, dry house foundations. There are several mines that still provide tours above and below ground.
I’m watching this video in a car on a hill looking down on the Quincy smelter and river
How about something on the Quincy hoist,??
I live in Utah and we had a huge gold and silver mining industry at one time here (and coal as well). It's too bad there never was an effort to do what you guys have done and preserve some of the workings and mines. It's nearly completely erased now. I remember as a child some of the smelters and huge head frames at the mining towns. As a teen, I explored a few that remained. Now, some of the towns still exist, but the mining aspect is really almost completely gone. Especially the gold towns. But many of the coal towns as well. Sad. Luckily, there is a pretty good photographic record of the era and a few good books.
There's some good history there! Yeah it's a shame that infrastructure wasn't saved. A lot of it has been removed here as well but some of the bigger structures still stand - smelters, mine shafts, dry house foundations. There are several mines that still provide tours above and below ground.