Looking at the side of the Superior Elevator from the tracks that feed the Western. Note the old flagpole.
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Looking at The Windy City from the top of the coal tower. The pond you see is the former ACME Coke coal yard.
Looking at the huge and modern Cargill B2 from the circa-1919 Lake Superior “I”. This is a rather unique perspective of Enger Tower and Skyline.
Looking through the hole where a glass pane once was at the Columbus Mine ruins, just south of Animas Forks. It was quiet when I took the picture, but for the gurgle of the nearby Animas River.
Looking at the headframe for Shaft 3 from the tower for Shaft 1. Below is the roof of the Dry House. It was hard to remind myself that these building have been abandoned longer than I’ve been alive.
Train-mounted snowplows pushed the snow through the fence and against the old offices.
The holes were for men to poke reluctant ore with long poles, with the hope that a lucky jab would let the load slide down into the boat below. Now they’re just traps.
These wide spools sit atop the abandoned tracks that lead to the train shed, which was later repurposed into a truck shed.
Grimy windows and the other half of the complex trade interests and stares.
Looking up the hill from the rooftop of the Temple Opera Block. The downtown casino (left) looks far closer to its original use as a Sears Roebuck department store than it does today. Behind it is the blighted Carter Hotel, one of many abandoned buildings near the former Orpheum.