The purpose of the concentrator was to separate the gold and silver-rich ore from the waste rock. You can tell from the design that the process relies heavily on gravity.
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Where the trees are sprouting–below the skyways and criss-crossing pipes–are two sets of railroad tracks that turned through this narrow alleyway through the middle of the production line to drop off raw materials and pick up finished product.
Looking at the concrete headframe from street level. Acros 100 in Pentax 67
Some of the earlier buildings were dressed up with brick facades.
A panorama of the dock buildings, before the left one was demolished.
Trees between duplexes overshadow the buildings they were planted to shield; revenge for the boards on the windows.
The flour mill (rear) and its elevators. The taller elevator was moved here in 1955, when the Harrisons bought it from Federal, who declared it surplus. The smaller elevator replaced an earlier smaller warehouse in 1926. Taken shortly after dawn. This one picture made the drive worth it, for me. Medium Format.
One of my favorite images from my stay… Note the snowed-over road in the distance! This is looking toward Animas Forks.
The cold air collided with the sun-warmed water on the floor, filling the ground floor of the Keg House with thick fog…