Comments on: A Typical Mine Hoist http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/a-typical-mine-hoist/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ccexplorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/a-typical-mine-hoist/comment-page-1/#comment-12120 ccexplorer Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:16:29 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/11/a-typical-mine-hoist/#comment-12120 Sounds like quite the adventure, and something I would definitely would not have the guts to partake in. Sounds like quite the adventure, and something I would definitely would not have the guts to partake in.

]]> By: bill schimmel http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/a-typical-mine-hoist/comment-page-1/#comment-12084 bill schimmel Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:00:14 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/11/a-typical-mine-hoist/#comment-12084 when I was a Tech student in 1953-7, I went with my geology major friends on all-day excursions down the local copper mines. I remember the Keersarge mine as a favorite. We would pack a lunch, carry a flashlight and pocketfull of batteries. Leave in the morning & come back later in afternoon. If I remember, the pitch of the shaft was just enough so that if careful, you could climb down & out. If you threw a rock it just kept going down. The mine was organized that every so many feet down was a level, that went out horizontally quite a way. From the levels they mined up & down, called stopes. Some ceilings were covered with little hibernating bats. We had a few harrowing experiences with random slides, etc. But as long as we could see that little dot of light at the top it was ok. I guess being 19-20, we had no fear. We would haul out all sorts of mining tools, pieces of native copper, & pretty calcite crystals. I still have a couple little copper pieces from the Keersarge mine. It was frowned upon back then, but I guess you would be in serious trouble if caught now. when I was a Tech student in 1953-7, I went with my geology major friends on all-day excursions down the local copper mines. I remember the Keersarge mine as a favorite. We would pack a lunch, carry a flashlight and pocketfull of batteries. Leave in the morning & come back later in afternoon. If I remember, the pitch of the shaft was just enough so that if careful, you could climb down & out. If you threw a rock it just kept going down. The mine was organized that every so many feet down was a level, that went out horizontally quite a way. From the levels they mined up & down, called stopes. Some ceilings were covered with little hibernating bats. We had a few harrowing experiences with random slides, etc. But as long as we could see that little dot of light at the top it was ok. I guess being 19-20, we had no fear.

We would haul out all sorts of mining tools, pieces of native copper, & pretty calcite crystals. I still have a couple little copper pieces from the Keersarge mine. It was frowned upon back then, but I guess you would be in serious trouble if caught now.

]]> By: Smelter Tech: The Corliss Engine http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/a-typical-mine-hoist/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Smelter Tech: The Corliss Engine Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:06:04 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/04/11/a-typical-mine-hoist/#comment-537 [...] This is all typical when it comes to steam engine design (see my original steam engine post HERE for more info). To see what differentiates this Corliss engine from other steam engines of the [...] [...] This is all typical when it comes to steam engine design (see my original steam engine post HERE for more info). To see what differentiates this Corliss engine from other steam engines of the [...]

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