The workshop sat below the main working floor and had serious power going to it.
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Next to the generator room is the pump room, which moved steam around the complex.
Old conveyor belts are draped over the sides of the ore chutes to cut down on the noise and wear of the dumping trains.
The last tailings on a broken conveyor belt.
The boilers are gone, but round brick portals remain where they used to meet the walls of the boiler room. Behind it appears to be the coal bunker itself.
The porcelain hoops guided the silk threads through the device.
The newer tunnels were fitted with these fluorescent lights, although some skylights (block glass embedded in skywalks) let in some natural light during the day.
Through a section of the tailings boom where mountain winds tore open the sheet metal around the conveyor, I poked my head out.
These racks lined many of the floors, although I couldn’t decipher their purpose. Tastes like duotone…
The valley is full of rocky peaks that stand out from the winding creeks, which only truly run after storms. It is a very beautiful place.