Unravelled

Lost words over the auditorium entrance.

Kate for scale. Powder that passed the floatation level was flowed over sluice tables, another mass-based way of separating gold. I’ve never seen so many of these in one place. Though it was a hardrock mine, it worked more like a placer mine.

Pozo Mine, the most menacing mine building I’ve ever seen. Black and white film, shot with the Fuji GX680, a beast of a camera.

“12-8-1914”

After crushing, these machines would float lighter material to the surface of the water, where it would be skimmed and discarded. Gold and silver laden stone would sink to the bottom, where it was collected for the next stage of processing. Leica/Summilux 35/Ektar 100

The turned rail was to prevent runaway cars from going over the end of the dock and into the lake.

The top floor of the condemned Russell Miller mill “B”, which would have housed sets of powerful electric motors to power the plant’s dust collectors and grain purifiers.

All that’s left of the lost annex near Saskatchewan Wheat Pool #4 and #5. Arista 100.

Much of the milling equipment predated the mill itself, so I would not be surprised if this particular machine really dates to 1860.