{"id":274,"date":"2010-11-08T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T02:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=274"},"modified":"2010-11-08T20:21:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T03:21:18","slug":"photo-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"Photo post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of these photos are from around the ruins of the Diamond Mine, above Silver Plume, Colorado. (It was a gold mine, not a diamond mine.)\u00a0 Click on any photo for a larger size.<\/p>\n

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Tracks leading to the edge<\/p><\/div>\n

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Westinghouse AC Magnetic Controller used for controlling the speed of the air compressor.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Speed control on left, protection relay on right<\/p><\/div>\n

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Massive air compressor<\/p><\/div>\n

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Entrance to old mine tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Inside of tunnel. The foreground part of the tunnel is flooded, but it looks like it rises up and dries out further in. The granite roof looks very stable.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Winch<\/p><\/div>\n

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I believe this was used as the drive pully for a cable ore transport system.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ore carts strewn up the gulch<\/p><\/div>\n

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View from the cliff above the Silverplume Mining Museum. Before it was a museum, I think it was a school house.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fox hanging out at gas station in Georgetown, Colorado.<\/p><\/div>\n

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