Comments on: A Baltic Building http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 explorer Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:11:08 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1061 I'm thinking more and more its one of those multi-purpose buildings that served whatever need the company used it for. It might of been a remnant of the failed No. 1 shaft originally perhaps, and then was converted to other uses after the No. 3 was sunk nearby. Just a guess though. I’m thinking more and more its one of those multi-purpose buildings that served whatever need the company used it for. It might of been a remnant of the failed No. 1 shaft originally perhaps, and then was converted to other uses after the No. 3 was sunk nearby. Just a guess though.

]]> By: Capt. Kurt Fosburg http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 Capt. Kurt Fosburg Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:45:44 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1060 Hmmm, if my memory serves me, the building in question was the old core storage building. The room with all the tires in it used to be filled with core samples in wooden boxes. But I'm taking almost 30 years ago... I think the powder house is west of there, but can't remember. Hmmm, if my memory serves me, the building in question was the old core storage building. The room with all the tires in it used to be filled with core samples in wooden boxes. But I’m taking almost 30 years ago… I think the powder house is west of there, but can’t remember.

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 explorer Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:01:00 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1059 The No. 1 shaft was a dud as far as I could tell, and was abandoned rather quickly. They tried again at what would become the No. 2 shaft , skipped the No. 1, and added the No. 3 shaft afterward. So the shafts are in fact numbered from south-west to north-east: No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5. The No. 1 shaft sits currently underneath the rock pile to the No. 2 I think. In the photo I included on this post from the Archives the shaft in the foreground is the No. 2, then the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. The No. 1 shaft was a dud as far as I could tell, and was abandoned rather quickly. They tried again at what would become the No. 2 shaft , skipped the No. 1, and added the No. 3 shaft afterward. So the shafts are in fact numbered from south-west to north-east: No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5. The No. 1 shaft sits currently underneath the rock pile to the No. 2 I think.

In the photo I included on this post from the Archives the shaft in the foreground is the No. 2, then the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5.

]]> By: Dave Freeze http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1058 Dave Freeze Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:06:23 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1058 In the picture of the Baltic mine from the Tech Archives, which rockhouse is the number 1? In the picture of the Baltic mine from the Tech Archives, which rockhouse is the number 1?

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1057 explorer Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:45:08 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1057 John.. I had the same thought as well. The vent on top, the concrete walls, the railroad siding - it all seemed to fit. But it seems much too close to the No. 3 shaft for this to be the case. You'd think they would want to put these things as far away fromthe mine as possible to minimize damage caused by them exploding. The windows along its sides seem odd as well - something we usually don't see in powder houses. But it could very well still be a powder house. I just don't know for sure. John..

I had the same thought as well. The vent on top, the concrete walls, the railroad siding – it all seemed to fit. But it seems much too close to the No. 3 shaft for this to be the case. You’d think they would want to put these things as far away fromthe mine as possible to minimize damage caused by them exploding.

The windows along its sides seem odd as well – something we usually don’t see in powder houses. But it could very well still be a powder house. I just don’t know for sure.

]]> By: John from the Prairie http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 John from the Prairie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:16:14 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1056 The '1910' concrete building looks more like a dynamite storage building to me. An explosion-proof building with the disc below '1910' meant to blow out and vent the pressure in event of an explosion. But that is just what I think :) The ’1910′ concrete building looks more like a dynamite storage building to me. An explosion-proof building with the disc below ’1910′ meant to blow out and vent the pressure in event of an explosion.

But that is just what I think :)

]]> By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/a-baltic-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 explorer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:31:23 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/01/24/a-baltic-building/#comment-1055 The building in question here can be clearly seen on an old photo at the Copper Country Reflections website <a href="http://www.pasty.com/reflections/id289.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Its the third image down, labeled as the #3 shaft. The building is on the left. Although the main line of the railroad looks to be a good distance away from it, it looks like there could be a spur connecting up with it. But I'm not sure. The building in question here can be clearly seen on an old photo at the Copper Country Reflections website here. Its the third image down, labeled as the #3 shaft. The building is on the left. Although the main line of the railroad looks to be a good distance away from it, it looks like there could be a spur connecting up with it. But I’m not sure.

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