Month: January 2009
Locations
January 26, 2009
The Phoenix Dam
I have done several posts here on CCE about a copper mine’s biological needs, namely a hunger for large quantities…
Copper Range Railroad
January 22, 2009
Bridges at Woodside
Looking down the Mineral Range towards Woodside After such a long (and exhausting) long form exploration at Baltic and the…
Industry
January 20, 2009
Putting the Pieces Together…
The Stella Cheese Factory? Before leaving the Stella Cheese Factory behind for good, there’s still one last mystery that I…
Industry
January 15, 2009
A Look Into the Past…
Now that our exploration of the Stella Cheese Factory is complete, its time to take a step back and look…
Industry
January 13, 2009
The Wax Room and Cooler
Moving down the hallway past the stairs down to the basement we entered yet another room in the vast ruins…
Industry
January 9, 2009
Boiler Room and More
As with any smokestack, the Stella Cheese Factory’s stack was required to draw combustion gases up and out of the…
Industry
January 7, 2009
The Cheese Room (and cars)
Heading west out of the collection of vat rooms we had been exploring we pass under a gabled wall of…
Industry
January 5, 2009
The Upper Vat Rooms
Making our way up the stairs from the lower level upwards we find ourselves walking up into the bright sunshine…
Industry
January 2, 2009
The Lower Vat Rooms
The cheese making process can be broken down into four basic steps: curdling, drying, pressing, and ripening. With the addition…
Industry
January 1, 2009
The Stella Cheese Factory
When we had first stumbled across the vast complex of ruins we weren’t sure what we had discovered – but…