Here, the concentrated gold (and silver, and zinc, I would guess) would be loaded into trucks bound for the smelter.
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Where the trees are sprouting–below the skyways and criss-crossing pipes–are two sets of railroad tracks that turned through this narrow alleyway through the middle of the production line to drop off raw materials and pick up finished product.
In the power house corner is this gratuitously gigantic doorway. It used to be even bigger, too, as indicated by the brick arch another foot over the top windows.
I wish I had the equipment then that I have now… I look back at these 10-year-old pictures and can’t ignore all the grain.
A sheik mustard-yellow paint scheme across the roofless engine house goes great with the industrial moss and rust.
An abandoned ranch on the east side of the tracks. This was not the Colmor Cutoff they were waiting for.
The sun unzipped the clouds. Mist blew across the harbor.
The first floor hallway between conference rooms and the diesel lab at the center of the facility
When I saw this section, I knew the dock was abandoned.
A photo from my first trip, although very little has changed in this area of the building except for the level of graffiti. I love skylights, don’t you?