Monday, January 16, 2017

Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine (2)

Here are a few photos taken down in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine - all photos are handheld with no flash. The tunnels seem to go on for miles, but they're well lit up for tourists.
Some of the old mine carts are still in place.
It's hard to tell from the photo but this is looking up a near-vertical shaft.
Can you imagine working up one of those ladders, handling the heavy equipment used to drill the rock?
Just like a modern office there's a room for the miners to have lunch.
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13 comments:

  1. Fun60January 16, 2017 at 9:32 AM

    No little nuggets hiding anywhere then. I love the honey coloured rock or maybe that's the lighting.

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  2. Linda W.January 16, 2017 at 10:16 AM

    Wow, amazing photos! Especially hand held without a flash.

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  3. carol l mckennaJanuary 16, 2017 at 3:24 PM

    Fascinating and wonderful historical photography ~ thanks,

    Wishing you Happy Days ahead ~ ^_^

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  4. RajeshJanuary 16, 2017 at 7:04 PM

    Wonderful shots of interior of Gold mine.

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  5. AndreaJanuary 16, 2017 at 7:04 PM

    OMG it is scary! Those were so long ago in that part of the world, in these parts we still have people doing them, and people die there accidentally so many times.

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  6. Lady FiJanuary 16, 2017 at 9:44 PM

    Gosh - so small and narrow! Great shots.

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  7. rupam sarmaJanuary 16, 2017 at 10:30 PM

    Wonderful, Great captured.

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  8. Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiJanuary 17, 2017 at 12:57 AM

    Wow! This is amazing! Did you see any gold veins left? This mine looks enormous

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  9. Taken For GrantedJanuary 17, 2017 at 1:07 AM

    Fine photos of this mine. You have found another occupation I delighted to have avoided. We use to have gold mining in SD as well, but it was mostly strip mining.

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  10. Photo CacheJanuary 17, 2017 at 1:09 PM

    I have visited one mine in California that looks like this too.

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  11. Photo(Geo)grapherJanuary 18, 2017 at 1:50 AM

    Such interesting place to visit. Great post

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  12. Sallie (FullTime-Life)January 18, 2017 at 9:15 AM

    Yes ...it gives me shivers to imagine working there. My grandfather was a mining engineer and worked at gold mines in Canada and so I guess he wouldn't have worked for days at a time underground, but still... we toured some abandoned mines in Alaska and in Arizona...I really want to see these in CO.

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  13. Vineeta YashsaviJanuary 19, 2017 at 1:40 AM

    That's amazing...

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