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Coming to the site, the first thing you notice is this rock wall
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For some reason, right behind this wall, there is charcoal everywhere
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Old hole-in-top cans didn't wash down here from another location, or did
they?
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I didn't have my panorama camera handy, so I cobbled together this shot
of the front of what I think is the smelter.
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Formerly the chimney of the smelter?
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This little building sits forlornly off to the side
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Whatever it is, it was melted and dumped out here.
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A crucible or ...?
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Another building nearby the smelter
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Another view of the Illinois Mine from where the water tanks once stood.
Note the rings that used to hold them together.
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Didn't think much of this at first- looked like a broomstick with some
wire wrapped around it. Then I saw a second one and a third one, and realized
it must have some specific use.
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Directly under the Illinois Mine headframe, is this A-shaped
trap door. It leads to the shaft. Don't go in there. |
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Inside shot shows the rock work and brick work of the smelter
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Another headframe in the next canyon as darkness falls.
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A panorama of the Illinois Mine
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