Rogers Mine is one of the most structurally sound mines in the Iron River area that isn’t part of a museum.
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The generator hall of the last power station, as seen from the gantryway.
The doorframes become more askew every year as the buildings slip downward into the gulch at different rates. This seems to be the part of the mine ruins where transients leave their marks. The graffiti dated back to the 1970s, at least.
Like many mill-style buildings of the time, the Twohy’s loading doors (in this case, the delivery wagon doors) opened to an elevator shaft. This design cut down on loading time, as long as the elevator was operational. Of course, if it was otherwise occupied, there could be no traffic through the exterior doors!
The locker room was out of a zombie movie.
A tower above Minneapolis that few people see.
The main street of the ghost town is also the maintenance road for the BNSF line that bisects Colmor.
The Barker turning around before it backed into Tac Harbor to unload coal for Minnesota Power.
Giant paint mixers.
One of the last times I saw the skyway standing. ADM’s Meal Elevator is in the distance.