Skywatch Friday

This is the last of my mining-related posts for now, and in it I'll show you some of the equipment in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine. All...

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 mil...

It seems that a lot of readers are enjoying my series on local mining history, so I'll answer a couple of questions about the huge open-...

Happy New Year to all my readers! I'm going to finish my series on the huge open pit mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado - the mining is f...

As part of the tour of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine, we went to the very bottom of the biggest open pit. The small openings are ...

Here are some photos of one of the haulers from a large open pit mine. For scale, look at the people. Here's the operator's cabin...

In my mining explanations, I signed up for a tour of the active Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mine , an active open-pit mine. It's ...

I've been showing some photos of the area's mining history. Here are views around the town of Cripple Creek, one of the main gold-mi...

I don't have a lot of information about this mine, the Theresa Mine, in the Victor/Cripple Creek area. It operated from 1895 to 1961....

Continuing with my series on mining, you may wonder what happens to all the ore that comes out of the mine. In the case of a large mine like...

Surrounding the actual Independence Mine near Victor, Colorado are various structures in poor condition - this probably funneled water. H...

Happy Halloween - here are some spooky photos of an abandoned mine to continue showing you some of the history of my part of the world. This...