As we branch out our exploration away from the hoist and shaft ruins, we quickly discovered that we had stumbled across an expansive operation. Atop hills, along the side of hills, down hills, in valleys, along old trails; the ruins just kept popping up out of the frozen ground. It had quickly become too much for us to keep track of, and we decided to call it quits and return another day. Before we left we were able to record a small portion of what was to find at Trimountain, mainly bits and pieces really. Today we present those morsels to you, as an appetizer for our return this summer. Enjoy.

Sitting near the hoist foundation – across the road and down into a shallow valley – lies two lines of footings. Most likely these supported a trestle of some type, possibly the trestle seen in the archive photo that starts this post off.

One of many walls to some building sit along another old road. Its size would denote it to be a warehouse, captains office, or other general purpose building.

One of the more interesting discoveries among the ruins is this concrete tunnel. It sits about six feet in height and protrudes out form the side of a hill. It appeared to be free from obstruction for a good length, but without a light we weren’t venturing in. (yet another reason to return) At this end a small conrete lined pit sits just below the opening. Down the way from here is a foundation to another steam engine, so this might have been a steam tunnel from the boiler.

The head of an old power line sits half buried in leaves. You can see the connections for the old style ceramic insulators, which would have hung off these hooks and held the lines. The rest of the pole was no where to be found.

Another large wall that was part of an old foundation. This building had a deep basement as can be seen here, but what it was for I have no idea.

An interesting detail here at Trimountain that we had failed to find elsewhere – railings. Or so we think. These small metal posts can be found around some of the building ruins, like seen here. The posts have been cut off, but the lower inch and the concrete footing they were placed in still remain. These sit along a steep hill and might have accompanied a wooden stairway that has long since rotted away. We found no evidence of a concrete stairway.

An old footing for perhaps a cable stand or trestle sits downwind from a large concrete pedestal, illustrating just how thick this area is with ruins.

Yet another wall for yet another building, this one sits at an intersection of two other roads.

Not only do you find ruins of buildings, but also of the tools that people once toiled with here. Yet another shovel, this one a squared edged, lie near the ruins seen above.