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Mine Photo’s |
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Mill area in 1946. The mine office is the building to the right of the mill. The white guest house can be seen to the upper left with tailings running to the right. The guest house burned to the ground also. |
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The guest house across the creek from the mill before it burned to the ground in 1946. The rock chimney and fireplace is still there. |
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The trestle and rails for the skip that was pulled up by a hoist operator in a shack at the main mine portal. The logs in the upper area were cut and framed for support in the mine. The buildings in the right center housed the diesel generators, air compressors, and machine shop. A flume for water to the mill runs across the picture and under the trestle for the skip.
I was descending i the skip one time when it derailed about midway down. I jumped as far as I could and rolled in small shale rock and was unhurt. The old boys in the framing shed at the bottom were laughing like crazy when I got down. They thought it was a fine show.. Wasn’t funny to me. |
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Diesel generator building and machine shop |
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The framing shed where the logs were cut to proper length and the ends prepared for installing in the mine. To the left of the rail car can be seen a low stack of lagging (about 2 inch x 12 inch x 6 feet long and green) to be used in the mine. The logs and the lagging were delivered all summer from Sawmill Canyon south of Patterson. One of my jobs was to stack the lagging into these square shaped stacks about 10-12 feet high. A truck load would take all day for two people. By the end of the summer there would be stacks of lagging in every available space. I also worked the log pile to keep the logs piling straight after they rolled off the logging truck. Once in a while I would have to out run a log that started rolling down out of control. There is a derrick sticking up that was used to pick a log out of the log pile for processing. Herb Blessinger was the carpenter in charge and his head can be seen sticking up in the center of the opening in the building.
My favorite place at the mine was the cook shack that was just up the road on the left. That was where I got a hot lunch. If my job for the day was clearing brush behind the cook shack the cook would bring me a piece of pie and cold drink in the afternoon. |
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The mill. The mine office was to the left. Patterson Creek can be seen at the bottom |
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VIP visitors dressed for a tour of the mine. |
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Entering the mine area. The office is on the left with the mill behind it. The white building on the right is the guest house that burned down. The rock fireplace and chimney is still standing. |
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Building the new framing shed in the 1950’s |
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