Dormitories

The pitch of the roof is more typical for areas with lots of snow—not the border of Ohio and Kentucky. So, I assume this roofline accommodated some equipment inside for trains—note the tracks.

Through a section of the tailings boom where mountain winds tore open the sheet metal around the conveyor, I poked my head out.

Fergus Falls State Hospital. Well, technically moonlight… but a with stars nonetheless! The orange glow from the left and in the rear of the building are exterior lights on associated–former State Hospital–buildings. All other light is from the full moon that evening.

The moon highlights the contrails over the engine house in the middle of the night. Foreground light painted.

Here, the concentrated gold (and silver, and zinc, I would guess) would be loaded into trucks bound for the smelter.

Wagons and horses were kept in the building on the left, separate from the rest of the complex in case of fire. In the distance is the boiler house, separate for the same reason.

A typical rail shop.

The fantastic red elevator that is Pool #61, built 1928.

A sign facing the city on an exterior wall–a sort of motivational poster.