Before the gold could be extracted, the rock was turned to powder. Depending on the size of the steel balls inside the mill, the rock would be reduced to a certain size. So, multiple mills were usually used in stages.
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A typical narrow hallway at Birtle.
One of the occupied buildings in Nevadaville.
In the ward for the criminally insane, this door was the most-worn. Nail scratches mark the area around the peep hole, the wood is gouged everywhere from thrown chairs and hard kicks, and a ominous blood-colored stain is visible where it dripped in the second inset from the bottom. Aside from the damage, the coloring in this section was very vibrant, though it was probably little reprieve for those who had to work here.
I love these heavy rolling doors in the old tobacco processing building.
The front door to the auditorium.
A better view of the belt system that drives all the machinery in the plant.
This “pit” would allow workers to crawl below locomotives to service them.
The side of the church, taken from a grungy sidewalk.
The old men’s ward is an example of what the hospital resembled before part of the complex was modernized. Small rooms, light switches outside the door, small observation windows set into heavy wood. If you ask me, though, the tile work across the floors is the most spectacular.