The UP gets a lot of snow, making exploring its old mines a special challenge in the winter. The snow is more than 6 feet deep in this picture, and firm enough to walk on.
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Where the tailings boom meets the mill.
A string of vehicles have found death at Packard recently. Usually they are simply driving up ramps and pushed off the rooftops, but this one seemed destined for a worse fate. Found in the far corner of the far building.
The front of the mill reads “Montana Flour Mills Company”
Looking up at the LEMP malting plant elevator. Look at that BRICKWORK!
The old No Trespassing sign, with the Peavey logo still on it.
Inside the Beulah elevator were all of the original notices and notices. These are instructions for filling rail cars with flour sacks.
The Comm Room’s portals once supported many more conduits.
The steel sea leg is so heavy it requires a huge counterweight that travels the height of the elevator.
If it weren’t for the fact there were trees growing from it, and that I cropped out the end of the rail approach, one might think this is still used occasionally.