tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69413328866493421002024-03-18T21:35:17.706-05:00Sublunar PhotographyTHE ARCHITECTURE WHICH DEFINES OUR LANDSCAPE IS A TANGIBLE PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE HISTORY. WHEN HISTORIC STRUCTURES ARE DEMOLISHED, A PART OF OURSELVES IS RELEGATED TO MEMORY AND CONDEMNED TO BE FORGOTTEN. IN THE REDISCOVERY OF OUR ABANDONED, OFF-LIMITS, OR OTHERWISE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTS, I DOCUMENT THEIR EXISTENCE AS WELL AS OUR OWN THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ADVENTURES PRESENTED HERESubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-73305320567321302662024-02-29T16:20:00.006-06:002024-03-17T11:31:52.199-05:00The Train Station<p>The Train Station was constructed in 1907 as a combination passenger and freight depot. Passenger service was available 5 days per week with stops at 6am, 7:30am, noon and 6pm. Freight and mail service was available twice daily. The ticket booth is in the center of the building with men's and women's passenger waiting areas on either side. In the waiting room to the left of the ticket booth is an old floor-integrated Fairbanks platform scale. The express mail room is through the next door past the scale on the far end of the building. Across from the scale, stairs lead down to a basement made of stone and brick and an earth floor running the length of the building. </p>
<p>The increased ownership of automobiles in the United States, which was most notable from the 1950's through the 1970's, correlated to an 80% decline in the use of commuter trains across the country. Passenger service at this rural location was subsequently discontinued in April 1967. Freight service was terminated shortly thereafter and with it, this depot's 60 years of service came to an end. The building was later briefly used as a residence but it has otherwise been abandoned and mostly unchanged since it closed back in 1967. This means that for the ~120 years of its existence thus far, this station has now been sitting empty for nearly the same amount of time that it was operational. The tracks that run right past its doors, however, have kept humming all this time. And so, at the same regular daily intervals to which it has long been accusomed, the old bones of this depot still shake to the scheduled rhythm of passing trains which rumble and hiss and stir up ghosts in their wake to dance among the cobwebs and the shadows until the last locomotive disappears down the tracks as quickly as it arrived and the dust settles once more where riders no longer disembark and from where no travelers depart. </p>
<p>Note: This post is #2 in a series of 4 loosely related upcoming blog posts which will culminate with the juiciest location/post ever*. Stay tuned..</p>
<p>*This claim has not been verified.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/train-station/train-station-exterior.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Train Station copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/train-station/train-station-exterior.webp"></a><figcaption>The Train Station by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-21721958375302003602024-02-14T15:47:00.034-06:002024-02-28T08:52:54.906-06:00The Gas Station
<p>2024 is now upon us which means this blog will commence its ~17th year the exact same as it ever was (more or less) in terms of both its form and its purpose. Its form remains limited to this remarkably obsolete thing called a "blog" and it still has no meaningful purpose. Short for "Web Log", blogs were an antiquated online diary of sorts which fell out of fashion a long time ago; Nobody uses them anymore. In the last 17 years we've seen the rise of Instagram, Youtube, podcasts, and other outlets which have all replaced blogs by having better features, more user-friendly interfaces, etc. Today, blogs have all but completely died off. The fact that this one is still going is just as much of a mystery to me as it is to you. I don't get it either. </p>
<p>The only real purpose of this blog, if one exists, continues to be found in the description in the header above each post. In summary: this site exists to document my(/our) adventures into hidden/sealed up/off-limits locations. I am proud to remain as committed as ever to this pointless, stupid, time-consuming, risky, dangerous and completely unrewarding line of work. It is also frequently exhausting and has the potential to be very costly to myself personally-all the while earning me zero monies. This is a service I provide to you <b>free of charge</b> and I can assure you it's a hell of a good deal. On that note, please note that this blog remains ad-free and devoid of "suggestions", click-bait and other manipulative nonsense that your feeds elsewhere are all bloated with. You'll find none of that here, my friends. For almost two decades now we've been serving up only the freshest cuts of the finest beef available to its nearly half-dozen or so visitors - and nothing more! Ok sure, there's also usually way too much text you have to scroll past to get to the pictures.. One side-effect of being in business for so long is that many locations which have long since been demolished into oblivion still live on in the photos and stories presented here and I think that's pretty cool.</p>
<p>Let's get down to business: I now present the world's smallest gas station*!</p>
<h2>The Gas Station</h2>
<p>I don't know anything useful, especially when it comes to this gas station. I would guess it was built in the late 60s/early 70s and probably closed in the mid 80s.</p>
<p>What's that you say? This is the most boring location ever? Well, hold onto your pantaloons because this is just the first in a series of 4 upcoming blog entries which started right here with the most boring location ever and will culminate with the juiciest location ever*. There's sort of a loose theme that ties them together... sort of. Bonus points if you figure out the theme before we reach the end. </p>
<p> Stay tuned!</p>
<p>*These claims have not been verified.</p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-3019011367369774182023-11-12T18:57:00.018-06:002024-03-17T11:34:15.420-05:00Hospital #6<p>Hospital #6 began in this location 150 years ago although most of the original buildings were demolished and replaced in the 1950's-70's. Over the last decade or so, they began to slowly decommission various portions of the now sprawling complex. At some point within the past couple of years, it finally closed for good. </p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/j8Hl7a7O_SE">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>When this hospital was still semi-operational it was a pretty surreal environment in which to find yourself; On one floor you'd encounter a typical medical office with clean hallways and receptionists who occasionally called out the names of bored magazine readers. Just around the corner from the waiting room, a normal looking staircase transported you to an alternate-reality version of the same space you just passed through. The muffled sounds of a still active hospital wing faintly reverberated through the long unswept hallways and heavy shadows of the floor above. There's a definite tension in the air when you know that you're not alone inside and you've become unsure of the quickest route to the nearest exit. Some stairwells were locked on one floor but open on another which effectively made the whole place a sprawling 3D puzzle you needed to solve in order to get to the next level. Occasionally a nurse would require something stored in a deactivated wing and they were always escorted by security. The elevators would randomly come to life with sudden buzzing/rattling noise which usually gave you just enough time to duck before the familiar "ding" as the doors opened. Sometimes it dinged on the floor above and other times it happened right around the corner from you. Most of the time you were too far away to hear anything so you never could be sure where exactly the riders disembarked-or if anyone was there at all. </p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-13407756463772719982023-11-01T10:09:00.008-05:002024-03-18T09:50:31.973-05:00Medium Security Institution AKA The Workhouse<p>The Medium Security Institution (AKA The Workhouse) was constructed in Saint Louis in the 1960's. It was operational for about 60 years before reports of inhumane conditions brought about its eventual replacement and closure. There now appears to be some questionable renovation work being done inside-reportedly at the cost of millions of taxpayer dollars.</p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/mZs5UitvNAE">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>Despite the location already winding up on social media and various news stories, I had let this one sit for an unspecified amount of time before posting anything about it myself-as is tradition. Using discretion helps keep lazy assholes/vandals out, it avoids search engine results from making it back to whomever is in charge of security; it helps prevent random fools from finding out about it and trying their luck at getting inside and accidentally locking themselves in a cell, etc. By the time I got around to posting it here I still refrained from identifying it by name/location/exteriors because that's the logical thing to do when you don't want to blow the spot. Unfortunately, using discretion when posting about locations seems to be a lost art among our more attention-seeking constituents who have since put this location on blast by publicly identifying it. To anyone who does this sort of thing for any notable amount of time, a pretty reliable fact becomes increasingly hard to ignore: Publicly identifying locations like this is why we can't have nice things. Loose lips sink ships and all that. </p>
<p>Regarding the aforementioned news stories: There was a segment earlier this year wherein a local news reporter just walked up to, and went inside of, this building.. without obtaining permission.. entirely on camera. If the law applies to everyone equally, then what I learned from that news segment was that it is entirely acceptible to enter stuff like this without permission as long as you meet the definition of a "reporter". As luck would have it, I, too, am "a person who reports" on things I find interesting. And as an official reporter, it is my duty to report that I am henceforth immune to those annoying and inconvenient rules which govern ordinary civilians; I shall commence forthwith using these newly discovered powers to their fullest potential.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/jail-stl/msi-workhouse-175.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Workhouse MSI Saint Louis copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/jail-stl/msi-workhouse-175.webp"></a><figcaption>The Workhouse MSI Saint Louis by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-57381376123525969382023-08-04T17:11:00.076-05:002024-03-18T10:13:13.218-05:00Bonanza and Rawley Mines
<h2>Colorado Trip Report</h2>
<p>I have once again travelled to the wild and distant lands of Colorado Territory to bring back tales of adventure and photographs of the same. </p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/RJqqPBpzb2A">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>In 2017 I made my first trip to Colorado to explore <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-ghost-town-of-gilman-colorado-and.html">The Ghost Town of Gillman Colorado</a> along with the mine structures below. Underestimating the terrain, I legitimately risked our lives (a few different times) by not being prepared from the outset. This led to a series of unforunate events. I learned a valuable lesson that day, which I promptly forgot and then re-learned again when I was nearly search-and-rescued on our trip to <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-skaguay-hydroelectric-power-plant.html">The Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant</a>. Woops. The lesson is simple: Nothing is easy in Colorado. About a year had passed since I explored around <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2022/07/leadville-colorado.html">Leadville</a>, so naturally I forgot all about those prior lessons despite the added difficulty doing it alone, fresh out of surgery with a broken collarbone... I'm very stupid and I can't resist a good adventure. Okay? I have Adventuritis. It's a thing. </p>
<p>I had actually made a decent legitimate discovery of an accessible mine entrance deep underground (on the aforementioned broken collarbone trip) and I was planning to follow up on, and explore it, this time around. It was actually the main objective for this year's trip. Here's the tantalizing reconnaissance photo I took while not yet healed, wearing a sling, and unable to really do anything about it:</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-mine-underground.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Colorado Mine Tunnel copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-mine-underground.webp"></a><figcaption>Colorado Mine Tunnel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>DISCLAIMER: Abandoned mines actively want to kill you. Bad air will kill you before you get very far inside them. Random unarked thousand foot shafts hidden in the woods and any other number of things at these sites can also kill you if you get too close. Risking your life often means risking your rescuer's life and that makes you an asshole. Don't be an asshole and don't try this at home!</p>
<p>I promise I'll wrap this up soon. So I found this awesome death trap, right? I'm super excited because I frickin love awesome death traps but my dominant arm was in a sling and I may be an idiot but I'm not an asshole. I wasn't prepared regardless of the injury. But if I wasn't crippled... I might have gone further inside. Which might have killed me. Which would make me an asshole. It's a finer line than you'd think. </p>
<p>As luck would have it, the mine was sealed not long before I returned. I heard the news in advance and verified myself in person. It had a shiny new metal gate/lock/etc. A significant new development for me this time around was that I had finally met some like-minded Coloradoans. Until now, I have been doing Colorado alone or with only people I brought with me (research/scouting/etc was also a solo activity). So I was fortunate to learn about it being freshly sealed while I still had a little time to find a plan B. Note that I will refrain from publicly identifying the aforementioned main objective.</p>
<p>With the Colorado underground once again eluding me, I did some digging and picked out what was among the most complete set of ruins I could find in satellite imagery, while also not being a well-known high traffic location. As it turns out, this place was a semi-popular 4x4 offroading trail. But aside from some shaky off-roading footage and not much in the way of articles/photos/information of the mines in the area, it seemed otherwise nowehere near as well documented as a lot of others. I visited the first of the structures, which was larger than, but separate from, the main bulk of the other stuff out here. Explored it without issue, though the road was already surprisingly rough at this point. Unfortunately, we didn't rent a Jeep* this time to save money.. and that cost me considerably. To get to the main concentration of structures, I drove the Santa Fe further up some genuinely dangerous trails that were barely over one lane in width and which featured guaranteed death, or a close approximation thereof, if you slipped over the edge. It got worse from there and by the time I decided to bail, I had to reverse a considerable distance to get to the nearest switchback where I could park the car safely and hike the rest of the 2 miles up to the site. *Note that this isn't a Jeep commercial, but on the last trip I was fortunate enough to have one. I had ended up driving through creek beds through the mountains to reach a few spots and the Jeep couldn't have done a better job getting over and through it all.</p>
<p>Once again, I had failed to appreciate the Colorado terrain. But this was my one day to really go for it on this trip and so I went for it on foot after nervously reversing the definitely-not-a-jeep into a suitable spot. I brilliantly also decided to leave my water because I didn't have room in my camera bag. I was expecting the structures to be at the base of the valley and all at similar elevation. And I was wrong. The hike in was entirely uphill and felt longer than 2 miles. By the time I got to the valley, I realized, that after first driving, then ditching the vehicle and hiking the rest of the way, how high up I was already when I could see what looked like an entire mountain range beyond the valley at roughly the same height as I was. And then I looked up and saw the next locations I had pinned were considerably higher up. I was doing ok but definitely feeling the altitude and the lack of oxygen. I explored everything on this level and made the steep climb up to the next. And then I climbed up to and explored the next one but by that point I was definitely questioning how much more I could do. There had been no cell service and I had seen no other humans for hours already and I was finding it increasingly difficult to catch my breath. I took frequent breaks and pushed onward and upward. </p>
<p>I hadn't even gotten to "the good stuff" yet, or what I envisioned to be the good stuff based on satellite views, and I began to feel a little off. I argued with myself and attributed it to psyching myself out and climbed further. I could barely take a couple steps without needing to stop so I could breathe and calm my heart back down. The most complete mining structure I had seen yet on this hike stood above me with a group of other buildings close by. I got almost close enough to throw a rock up to it, but in the end it eluded me. I already felt light-headed and knew that I had pushed my luck. I later realized I was at around 11,000 feet in elevation and I don't know if I just wasn't acclimated or what but it was affecting my ability to physically overcome the terrain and breathe at the same time. I had no water and I had been hiking for hours and it was a much more strenuous hike than I had expected. So I decided to turn back, be grateful, and just get back alive. I strongly preferred to do this without first losing consciousness. </p>
<p>This place wasn't exactly like finding a lost pirate ship in the mountains that nobody knew about but it was still a fun and adventurous trip. And while I didn't get to see what I felt would be the minimum acceptable number of structures I had planned to visit out here, I still got to put a check mark next to this one and return home safely.</p>
<p>The last two photos are: looking up at "the good stuff" (maybe?) and: the view of my elevation in the mountains around me at the point in which I turned back, respectively. I would like to add that they are both much higher in elevation (relatively as well as geographically) than they appear in photos. I was really high, I swear!</p>
<h2>Bonanza Mine and Mill</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-219.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-219.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-201.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-201.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-132.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-132.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-134.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-134.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-137.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-137.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-149.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-149.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-146.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-146.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-166.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-166.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-160.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-160.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-163.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-163.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-168.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-168.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-171.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-171.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-179.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-179.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-182.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-182.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-185.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-185.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-176.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-176.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-187.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-187.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-192.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-192.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-195.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-195.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-200.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Bonanza Mine and Mill copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-bonanza-mine-200.webp"></a><figcaption>Bonanza Mine and Mill Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>Rawley Mines</h2>
<p>Rawley Mine was in the business of extracting Copper and Lead, among other minerals, at this location from 1882 until 1969.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-241.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-241.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-246.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-246.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-239.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-239.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-281.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-281.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-253.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-253.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-254.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-254.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-277.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-277.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-269.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-269.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-285.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-285.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-296.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-296.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-306.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-306.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-328.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-328.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-337.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-337.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-355.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-355.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-357.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-357.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-360.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-360.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Probably where the "good stuff" was located. I'm confident there was a long lost pirate ship just out of reach.. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-366.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-366.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>From the same position as above photo (at roughly 11,000 feet in elevation) facing the opposite direction back down at the valley below and realizing how far I had travelled in a mostly up direction. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-371.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rawley Mine Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/colorado/colorado-rawley-mine-371.webp"></a><figcaption>Rawley Mine Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-21405647172375088782023-05-04T17:53:00.010-05:002024-03-18T10:25:06.887-05:00The Old Vernon County Jail<p>The old Vernon County Jail in Nevada, Missouri was originally constructed as the new U.S. Post Office in 1909 and now, over 100 years later, it stands out as one of the more beautifully designed structures in this part of the state. This is explained by the fact that it was designed by notable architect James Knox Taylor who, at the turn of the 20th Century, was Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury. Taylor is listed as Supervising Architect of hundreds of Federal buildings during his time. Some of these buildings include the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital (1908), The Denver Mint (1897) and a variety of other federal buildings and post offices across the country. Sharing many architectural elements and design cues of other work attributed to Taylor, this building which is located in the little middle-of-nowhere town of Nevada, Missouri, is nearly identical to the Post Office credited to him in Niagra Falls, New York as can be seen on his Wikipedia page <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Knox_Taylor#/media/File:US_Post_Office-Niagara_Falls_Main_Jun_09.webp"> here</a>.</p>
<p>After 52 years of service, a new post office of an objectively uglier but probably more efficient design was being constructed in 1961 and by 1963 the old post office was taken over by the local Sherrif's department to serve as their new offices and county jail. In order to facilitate the new county jail, a $50,000 renovation was undertaken which seems to have included some interior demolition of the pension and postal inspection offices located on the second floor. Today, there is almost no second floor to speak of aside from a kitchen area/meeting rooms on one end and some maintenance/access areas on the opposite side with a wide open two story center section. How much of this may have been changed for construction of the jail, I can't say for certain. The middle portion is now home to a chunky and overall incongruent cellblock in the center of the floor. There is what appears to be a juvenile cell on one of the perimeter walls and a separate cellblock on the opposite side of the building. Overall, the construction of the cells appears to have been a low-budget half-assed design featuring a mess of an HVAC system strewn across the top. The only real evidence left of the grand interior design is located in the main Sherrif's office and the staircaise to the upstairs kitchen and meeting rooms. Worthy of note among the current interior details are the multiple gun ports running along the new second floor interior perimeter walls. These gun ports are accessed by a ladder to a very tight hallway with a couple of small window-sized frames inside of which are rectangular metal openings with horizontal slits that are aimed directly at the cell doors/hall below. These were designed so that guards would have a safe vantage point from which to observe and shoot, if necessary, any rioting inmates below. I haven't seen any record of riots here, however there were numerous escapes throughout the years which contributed to the justification of a new jail being built reougly 50 years following the establishment of this one.</p>
<p>In May of 2009, the new Vernon County jail was completed at the cost of $8,000,000. The new jail can house 86 inmates versus the comparatively small 24-person capacity of this now obsolete facility. Upon completion, local residents were invited to participate in a $25 fundraiser "lock-in" at the new jail which was presumably "fun". </p>
<p>Since the closure of this jail in 2009, it was left abandoned and has since changed hands several times. Currently, it appears to be owned and inhabited by someone who is working to stabilize/renovate the building.</p> <!--There is an open pack of antiseptic wipes on the table in the office that were not even a little bit dried out and most rooms seemed to have various recently used tools scattered throughout. Most concerning to us, however, was the sudden thud of nearby car doors moments after we found ourselves inside. I immediately proceeded to investigate and found that someone had, in fact, parked right up against the building directly outside the only known entry/exit point. Considering the spacious parking lot outside, it left me with no doubt that the owner was moments away from stepping inside to either chase us out or to be caught by the surprise of our presence there. We energetically sought to conceal ourselves via an alternate exit but there were none to be found so we did the only sensible thing and ran to the basement hoping to find a way out down there or at least hide in silence until we could decide on the right moment to run past whomever might be inside. We were once again dismayed when we found no possible means of exfiltration from the basement since the door had been screwed shut and the windows were all barred. Several tense moments passed as we pondered our fate and questioned our life choices that resulted in our hiding in the basement of an old semi-abandoned jail in a remote town while the presumed owner was parked outside working on something.</p>
<p>We crouched silently and listened intently. Whoever it was outside walked around for a bit, arranged piles of what appeared to be trash near the door and then the thud of car doors and the sound of its exhaust faded away along with all of our anxiety. I considered the possiblity that the reason he didn't come inside was because he simply forgot something, either at home or to be picked up on the way to the jail, and therefore only left with the intention of returning shortly, we quickly took some parting photos before getting the hell out of here.</p>
<p>I decided not to obfuscate the name of this location since others have already publicly ID'd this site and since there is apparently now a new owner inhabiting this space who evidently lives, or at least occasionally sleeps, here. I have a hard time imaginging what could realistically and economically be done with the building now, considering the interior modifications in the 60's resulting in the cellblocks which feel altogether out of place and which have no obvious commercial potential. There's no doubt that it would make a bitchin' haunted house but aside from that I don't know what you'd do with the massive and not particularly well-designed cellblock in the middle of the building and all the empty dead space which surrounds it. Regardless, I certainly respect and commend whoever it is that has undertaken the task of trying to fix the building up and I'm especially glad that we didn't meet each other by surprise on this trip. </p> -->
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/countyjail/vernon-county-jail-223.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Vernon County Jail copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/countyjail/vernon-county-jail-223.webp"></a><figcaption>The Old Vernon County Jail by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-23847539797641825672023-04-18T15:47:00.013-05:002024-03-18T10:34:08.985-05:00Water Treatment Plant<p>This water treatment plant is located in Sauget, Illinois. I can't find any history on this place to indicate when it was constructed or how long it remained in operation but I'd estimate it ran from the mid 1950's to mid 90's. The central piece of machinery found here is the set of Komline Sanderson rotary drum filters. </p>
<p>Check out the video <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/NCeqtYRF9qo">here</a>.</p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-56481595630924553702023-03-21T17:24:00.007-05:002024-03-18T10:40:37.552-05:00American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO)<p>American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) of Taylor Springs Illinois began under a slightly different name at this location in 1912. They were involved in zinc and lead smelting and refining as well as sulfuric acid production in addition to coal mining and storage, primary and secondary slab zinc production and both American and French Process zinc oxide production. Waste products from plant operations were conveniently dumped on-site and coal ash from the plant’s gas producing operations was casually spread on the ground. Slag piles were found to contain lead, arsenic, cadmium and other problematic metals. To what was surely the surprise of everyone involved, these methods of "storage" resulted in the contamination of both surface water and soil. This contamination not only extended onto adjacent residential properties but some waste materials were also used as fill dirt in the neighborhoods near the site. ASARCO LLC purchased the property from American Zinc and Lead in 1971 and they continued zinc smelting and refining activities. They then leased the facility to Midwest Zinc-Hillsboro, which remained in operation until 2004.</p>
<h2>EPA superfun site</h2>
<p>A 1912 industrial site sounded super fun to me. It was an hour long drive to the best parking spot and a decent hike on top of that before we could even get eyes on the site and learn what, if anything, was still standing. It wasn't until we walked up out of the trees and finally laid eyes on the objective that we knew some, possibly all, of the original buildings still stood. I started to get my hopes up at this point. It looked like we had an office building in the front with some garages/shops in the middle and then the main production site in the rear-complete with a big ass power plant building that had a crazy ventilation fan sticking out of the side of it. It looked like it was going to be awesome. Very excited by this point to head in and see what's left.</p>
<p>The front office building was actually not a disappointment, as far as those things go. There was one of those weird rooms where workers put their belongings in baskets and hoist them up to the ceiling. Some other random stuff like showers, lockers, a sound isolation booth, etc. Much of the usual ephemera was still left where it was discared so it seemed safe to assume we might find vintage industrial goodness the further on we went. </p>
<p>Except.. Everything else was gutted and empty. The power building being the most depressing example was completely devoid of all its former organs except a bunch of lonely catwalks and stuff that would have once allowed access to the upper ends of whatever awesome old equipment had been amputated prior to our arrival. The rafters are home to vultures whose defecations frequently plopped down around us in reddish colored chunks. We were only in there for a few minutes but I had several near misses with the stuff falling close to me. The floor was several inches thick with shit and feathers and over time these things had formed the heavy particulate swirling in the air all around us. There was some weird halfassed crumbling 1980s looking office space built randomly in one side of the room, completely out of place and utterly offensive considering the old industrial jungle gym that should have greeted us as reward for the pilgrimage.</p>
<p>The entirety of the rest of the structures were similarly remediated of 97% of their former contents and the only stairs to the only upper sections of the whole place were cut off and laying on the floor. There were some big empty warehouse docks, a loading bay, several large steel buildings, etc. All empty. </p>
<p>Sure it was still something to do but not really worth the effort since it was gutted. So I can't recommend it partially due to all the above, but also because of the following:</p>
<h2>Oh wait. Superfun<b>D</b>. With a "d". </h2>
<p>According to the EPA's Public Health Assessment of this location, there are 4 main contaminants onsite that are cause for concern: Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium and Zinc. Basically, I got the impression that everything except the arsenic is pretty "meh" as far as dangers go. But it sounded like there was enough of a presence of inorganic arsenic that it wasn't something to just shrug off. Highly unpleasant/carinogenic/etc. So I decided to a wear an old and thus disposable set of clothes/boots/etc and change out of them before I got back into my vehicle, tossing them into a trash bag ultimately to be discarded. Also brought a respirator and wore it inside one of the buildings, but that was mostly just because of the vulture shit.</p>
<!--<p>This post is a perfect example of how sometimes locations just don't pan out like you hoped and that's ok. Occasionally you have to actually take risks, burn some gas and go explore the world around you instead of just chasing stuff posted on social media. In this case, at least we found some buildings still standing considering countless other disappointments over the years never even got a blog post to show for it. Imagine not having anything to post on the internet after spending a whole day trying! Imagine not immediately posting something you did until months or years later! Ew. Gross. </p>
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<p>But check this out. They calculated not only the potential risk to workers, they even figured it for trespassers and not only that, they further differentiated between risks posed to child vs adult trespassers! LOL. I mean, damn, thanks for thinking of us, guys! To be honest, I wouldn't have taken any precaution had I not seen this, so I actually am grateful to have known that before going in.</p>
<p>I expected the buildings might all be kinda dusty with metallic, cancerous particulate floating around but that wasn't really the case. The buildings didn't seem to have any such metallic dust/particulate to worry about. I've been places where everything is coated in metallic dust and you can taste it after a few moments, but that wasn't the case here. Instead, the contaminants here appear to be in the form of... the entire landscape outside of the immediate factory site. It's all moon/volcanic looking "rocks" everywhere varying in color and type all of which seemed unnatural/not something you want to stir up. The whole ground for like 100 yards around the site is all a barren wasteland. Luckily we cut over through the woods from the train tracks and didn't spend too much time walking through that stuff.</p>
<p>Anyway, here's the section on Arsenic exposure risks present here.</p>
<p>"Arsenic"</p>
<p>"Residents and workers may be exposed to low levels of arsenic for prolonged periods. Long-term
exposure to low levels of inorganic arsenic may lead to an increase risk for a darkening of the
skin and the appearance of small “corns” or “warts” on the palm, soles, and torso. In addition,
trespassers and workers exposed to low levels of arsenic may have a moderate increased risk for
cancer over their lifetimes. For residents, a low increased risk for cancer may be expected from
exposure to arsenic.
The estimated dose for a child exposed to arsenic in residential soil (0.001 mg/kg-day), a child
trespassing onto the site (0.002 mg/kg-day), an adult trespasser (0.001 mg/kg-day) and an adult
worker (0.002 mg/kg-day) all are greater than the chronic minimal risk level (MRL) of 0.0003
mg/kg-day. The MRL is based on epidemiologic studies that found a no-observed-adverse-effect
level (NOAEL) of 0.0008 mg/kg-day and a lowest-observed-adverse-effect level (LOAEL) of
0.014 mg/kg-day for skin changes [ATSDR 2000]. The estimated doses are greater than the
NOAEL, but 7 to 14 times less than the LOAEL.
USEPA, the National Toxicology Program, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
and the International Agency for Research on Cancer consider inorganic arsenic to be a known
human carcinogen. Studies have associated the ingestion of arsenic mainly with skin cancer.
Studies also have shown that ingestion of arsenic can cause cancers of the bladder, kidneys, liver,
lungs, and prostate (ATSDR 2000). Cancers caused by chemical exposure often do not appear
until 10 or more years after exposure. Also, cancers caused by chemicals cannot be distinguished
from cancers that occur spontaneously." </p> -->
<p>So yeah. Things were looking real good on the approach..</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-325.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-325.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>I started getting real excited as we got closer.. only to be inconsolable soon hereafter. If this doesn't look like a slice of heaven to you then I don't know what your damn problem is. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-317.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-317.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-190.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-190.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-136.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-136.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-173.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-173.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-176.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-176.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-170.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-170.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-183.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-183.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-146.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-146.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-142.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-142.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-147.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-147.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-159.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-159.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-163.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-163.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-155.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-155.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-166.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-166.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-178.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-178.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-186.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-186.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-188.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-188.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-302.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-302.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-203.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-203.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-293.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-293.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>This is what disappointment looks like.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-282.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-282.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-285.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-285.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-286.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-286.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-291.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-291.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-198.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-198.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-199.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-199.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-212.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-212.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-217.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-217.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-216.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-216.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-221.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-221.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-224.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-224.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-243.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-243.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-251.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-251.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-274.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-274.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-275.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-275.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-255.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-255.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-257.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-257.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-260.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-260.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-263.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-263.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-241.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-241.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-234.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Asarco copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/asarco/asarco-superfun-234.webp"></a><figcaption>ASARCO Abandoned Zinc Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-70557360459593519102023-03-06T09:06:00.013-06:002024-03-18T11:00:20.231-05:00The Morrison Observatory
<p>The Morrison Observatory was originaly constructed in 1875 by Pritchett College, a small local institution in Glasgow, Missouri. It was named after the benefactor Bernice Morrison who, in 1874, pledged $100,000 to build a world-class observatory at the college. Within a year, the college delivered on her stated goals. </p>
<p>The observatory was outfitted with the best instruments available at the time which consisted of a beautifully crafted 12.25" Clark Refracting Telescope housed beneath a hand-cranked rotating dome that was modeled after the one found at Harvard's Observatory. Clark Telescopes, made by the legendary Alvan Clark company were the centerpieces of all of the top observatories of the day such as Harvard, Lowell, and Yerkes. One year later, in 1876, a 6" Meridian Telescope, built by Troughton & Sims was installed in a separate part of the building. With this addition, the observatory was able to generate income by selling the accurate time to local railroads and other institutions throughout Missouri. The Meridian Telescope is a large single axis transit telescope whose primary function was "to accurately mark the position of a star as it crossed the zenith at the observatory's 39 Degrees North Latitude". There was a lounge chair built for the comfort of the observer who would send a telegraph to the railway signalling devices to accurately mark the time. The position of the telescope was accurately determined through the use of large dials on the side whose marks were illuminated by a complex series of glass prisms which directed the light from attached lamps. There is also a closet directly behind the telescope which was built to house the clock on which the time was locally recorded. This clock was built by notable horologist Charles Frodsham, clockmaker to the Queen of England, who started the Charles Frodsham & Co in London, which "remains in existence as the longest continuously trading firm of chronometer manufacturers in the world". Notable among the oservations made at the Morrison Observatory is that of Jupiter's Great Red Spot which was documented by Dr. Henry Pritchett in 1878. By 1907, however, the Morrison Observatory was no longer in use.</p>
<p>Pritchett College failed financially in 1922 but nearby Central Methodist College gained possession of the observatory in order to preserve and restore it. Central Methodist, however, was 12 miles away which was not exactly convenient so in 1935 the observatory itself was moved to an ideal spot where it was re-constructed within a 10 minute walk from campus where it still stands today. </p>
<p>NOTE: This trip occurred during the time period to which my future biographers will refer as "<b>the broken collarbone era</b>". As such it is not my greatest work behind the camera and I fully intend to revisit someday to do the place justice using both of my arms. </p>
<p>NOTE 2: This observatory is <b>not abandoned</b> and <b>multiple people live here at any given time</b>. It is often open to the public so I highly recommend that you go and you slip them some cash donations while you're at it. As was the case with my previous post, this location features gratuitous amounts of "cool old stuff" and therefore qualifies as "blog worthy" due to its <b>absurd level of awesomeness</b>. This is now one of my favorite places ever. </p>
<p>Source(s): <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="httpss://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pritchett_College">1</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="httpss://centralmethodist.edu/about/campus-attractions/morrison-observatory.html">2</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="httpss://cmuspecialcollections.omeka.net/exhibits/show/morrison-observatory/history">3</a>
<h2>Begin Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo1.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo1.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo2.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo2.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>-
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo3.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo3.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo4.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo4.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo5.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/mo5.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>End Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-016.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-016.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-019.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-019.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-095.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-095.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-061.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-061.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-037.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-037.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-041.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-041.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-073.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-073.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-069.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-069.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-064.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-064.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-035.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-035.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-048.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-048.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-163.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-163.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-113.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-113.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-110.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-110.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-137.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-137.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-160.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-160.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-126.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-126.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Here I am attempting to capture Saturn (which was clearly visible and crystal clear in the eyepiece) with my phone.. with only one usable arm while precariously balanced on the movable stair/platform that provides observers access to the eyepiece. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/observatory_saturn.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/observatory_saturn.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-172.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Morrison Observatory copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/observatory/morrison-observatory-172.webp"></a><figcaption>Morrison Observatory by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-36446859264306384012023-01-30T17:34:00.019-06:002024-03-18T11:16:42.417-05:00Rockcliffe Mansion<p>Rockcliffe Mansion was constructed from 1898 to 1900 in Hannibal, Missouri for the wealthy lumber baron John J. Cruikshank, Jr. The mansion is a large 2 1/2 story double-brick house with white trim situated at the top of a large hill in the center of town with a commanding view of the area. The front of the house features a two story portico of paired Corinthian columns with a second floor balcony. The East side of the house features an expansive single story "porte cochere" with Tuscan columns. Originally the porches were connected but a fire destroyed that portion. Inside, there are more than 30 rooms and 10 unique ornate fireplaces. The interior is detailed in rich Mahogany and Quarter Sawn Oak in the Late Victorian and Art Nouveau styles. The main staircase rises to a large Tiffany stained glass window on the north facade and from there it splits into two rounded staircases to the second floor. The light fixtures throughout are an unusual dual purpose gas/electric type. The hall and reception room are oak while the library and dining room are mahogany. The "Moorish Room" features scalloped horseshoe and ogee arches on Corinthian columns and the room has its own custom Tiffany stained glass windows on the east wall. It is said that Louis Tiffany himself designed the entirety of the Moorish Room. Throughout the rest of the house, you will find the highest quality down to the smallest detail; all plumbing fixtures by J.L. Mott Iron Works and hardware by Yale and Towne. Most of the furnishings and fixtures in the house today are the antique originals despite the house being abandoned for 43 years. </p>
<p>Rockcliffe Mansion was considered "the most imposing, beautiful and costly residential structure in this part of the state" and fortunately it remains today as an outstanding example of the Georgian Revival style. The site was originally home to another lumberman, Sumner T. Mcknight who built an "imposing Italianette mansion" on this very spot in 1878. Cruikshank had this original house moved about 80 feet to the west, a major undertaking for the time, prior to building his own mansion in its stead. The McKnight mansion still stands nearby where it was originally relocated. The grounds of Rockcliffe were designed by O.C. Simonds, noted "landscape gardener" of Chicago. The house was designed by renowned architectural firm Barnett, Haynes and Barnett of St Louis. The opening reception was held in June 1901 wherein the Empire Orchestra played for the 700 people in attendance. On June 2, 1902, "Mark Twain" himself made an appearance here for about 300 guests and delivered a lecture from the main staircase. </p>
<p>John J. Cruikshank, Jr was the son of lumber business owner John Cruikshank who had moved to Hannibal from Alton, Illinois. Hannibal was well suited to the variety of lumber companies already in operation whose harvested logs from Wisconsin and Minnesota were floated down the river to Hannibal where they were then trasnferred to and conveyed by railroads to be distributed further west and south. John J. Cruikshank Jr took over his father's firm in 1864 an by the 1880s was said to be worth half a million dollars at the time.</p>
<p>The Junior Cruikshank died in 1924 at which point this house was left vacant. It remained abandoned and deteriorating for 43 years thereafter. During this time, local children were known to dare each other to venture inside the crumbling old house and go all the way to the top floor where they would take something to prove their bravery, usually ripping off a piece of a map in the schoolroom. This is a well-known pastime dating back probably as far as you can go in history and which is generally known as "urban exploration" today. Rockcliffe during this time was also the target of rocks thrown through many of its windows yet this mischief miraculously spared the stained glass. Futher miracles include the fact that otherwise very few of the original artifacts inside were stolen or destroyed and even the library retained all or most of its books during the 43 year vacancy.</p>
<p>By the 1960's, Rockcliffe Mansion was under threat of the wrecking ball; demolition was scheduled and nearly begun. A mere two weeks prior to the scheduled demolition, three local families came together to save the house and begin the restoration. Apparently one of the heirs of the property had later gone bankrupt and attempted to sell off all the valuable artifacts inside the house before their efforts were thwarted. As the house itself was nearly demolished years earlier, the entire collection of antiques inside it was also nearly broken up and sold individually to private collectors. Fortunately, both fates were narrowly avoided. The new owners are continuing to actively restore and preserve the building.</p>
<p>NOTE: This location (as well as the one in the next upcoming post) is, obviously, <b>not abandoned</b>. Rockcliffe Mansion is an awesome (seasonal) "Bed and Breakfast" located in Hannibal, Missouri and I highly recommend you <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="httpss://www.rockcliffemansion.com">stay here</a> if you ever have the opportunity. </p>
<p>Source(s): NROHB, HABS and their current website.</p>
<h2>Begin Historic Photos</h2>
<p>The first photo here is from some time during Rockcliffe's 43 year period of abandonment. I'm going to assume the persons in the photo are the undisputed urbex champions of their generation.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-270.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-270.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>The following photos were found scattered across the internet and are from various time periods. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric1.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric1.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric2.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric2.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric3.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric3.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric3a.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric3a.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric4.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric4.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric4a.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric4a.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric5.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric5.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric6.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric6.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric7.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric7.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric8.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffehistoric8.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>End Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-170.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-170.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-012.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-012.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-242.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-242.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-009.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-009.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-218.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-218.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-153.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-153.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-155.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-155.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-039.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-039.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-239.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-239.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-234.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-234.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-228.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-228.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-018.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-018.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-236.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-236.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-028.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-028.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-145.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-145.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-041.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-041.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-141.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-141.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-114.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-114.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-257.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-257.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-259.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-259.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-126.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-126.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-128.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-128.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-288.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-288.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-194.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-194.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Notable among the design choices here are the copious amount of bazongas on display, an aesthetic of which the current author fully approves. They sure don't make things with the same quality and attention to detail anymore.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-083.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-083.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-279.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-279.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-263.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-263.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-265.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Rockcliffe Mansion copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/rockcliffe/rockcliffe-mansion-265.webp"></a><figcaption>Rockcliffe Mansion by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-9679229211395811882023-01-06T12:28:00.034-06:002024-03-13T10:22:02.250-05:00The Jefferson Hotel<p>The Jefferson Hotel was the largest and probably most well-known hotel in the Saint Louis area throughout the first half of the 20th Century. It was hurriedly constructed in the early 1900's to assist in accomodating some of the 19.7 million guests who would attend the World's Fair. Construction broke ground in March of 1903 and work at the site would see sixteen hour days in order to meet the impending deadline. Prior to officially opening for business, this hotel was chosen as the location to inaugurate the social season of the World's Fair. A formal ball was held on April 8, 1904 and was sponsored by the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Confederate Memorial Society. The ball was said to be the "most strikingly brilliant social affair ever held" in the area and guests were reported to include "representatives of every civilized country, high World's Fair officials, soldiers, consuls and multimillionaires". The hotel was able to meet the construction deadline, opening on April 29th 1904, the day before the Fair was to begin.</p>
<p>Among those registered at the hotel on the eve of the World's Fair included the official delegation of the U.S. Senate and House. President Theodore Roosevelt personally telegraphed the signal to commence the opening from the white house. The hotel would host several Democratic National Conventions throughout the years among other countless conventions and other events.</p>
<p>Despite ownership changes over the years, the hotel thrived up until some time in the 60s. In the mid 1970's, the hotel closed and was threatened with demolition. It was fortunately saved from that fate and remodeled into small apartments for "over-50" residents. It eventually moved from senior living to low income residents after which point it closed sometime around 2007.</p>
<p>The one time "Aristocrat of Saint Louis", "as handsome as the Waldorf-Astoria, or the handsomest hotel in America" has now been sitting vacant for the past 15 years and as a result has been in a state of rapid deterioration ever since. </p>
<p>Just within the past couple months, renovations have finally begun and they've even partially sealed it back up (hence finally using the hotel's real name). I'm not sure what their plans are for the ballroom but I'd be surprised if they bother trying to replicate the crumbling plaster and other features vs a complete remodel of the space, but I guess it's not impossible. After all, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/skyscraper-1-08-09.html"> Wright Arcade</a>seems to have been meticulously restored following its own long period of neglect.<p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/Ec-cDbq9kmw">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>Check out my post <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2012/01/ballroom-hotel.html">here</a> from over ten years ago (!) when I referred to it as the "Ballroom Hotel" to avoid publicly identifying it.</p>
<p>Source: National Records of Historic Buildings Nomination form</p>
<p>All historic photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society (except for the KSHE stage photo for which I can no longer seem to locate the source. No idea who that is onstage either.). </p>
<h2>Begin Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1914.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1914.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1914 </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1930.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotel1930.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1930 </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelstagedaughtersofamerica1934.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelstagedaughtersofamerica1934.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1934 "Daughters of America" </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelvarietyclub1935.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelvarietyclub1935.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1935 Variety Club </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelgoldroom1935.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelgoldroom1935.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson 1935 Variety Club </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelkmoxhydepark1940.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelkmoxhydepark1940.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1940 </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelfashionshow1940.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelfashionshow1940.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1940 Fashion/Beauty Show </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhoteltrafficclub1942.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhoteltrafficclub1942.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1942 Traffic Club </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelfirstnewcarafterwwii1945.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelfirstnewcarafterwwii1945.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1945 First New Vechile Produced After WWII </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelmeatconvention1947.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelmeatconvention1947.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1947 Meat Convention </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhoteldiningevent1953.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhoteldiningevent1953.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson 1953 "Dining Event" </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelbanquet.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelbanquet.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1953 "Dining Event" </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelhardwareconvention1954.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelhardwareconvention1954.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson circa 1954 Hardware Convention </figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelstagekshe.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Historic Hotel Jefferson photos courtesy of the Missouri Historical Society" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/jeffersonhotelstagekshe.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson K-SHE-95 Concert (circa 1975?) </figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>End Historic Photos</h2>
<!--- <p>The first time I posted this location to the blog was over a decade ago... A lot has happened since then. Jobs change, people change, life goes in strange directions.. some friends have died and I've had some close calls myself. But I'm still out there getting it done and part of the reason I keep at it is to honor those who can't, to live my life to the fullest as much as possible while I still can.</p>
<p>The good news is that if you're still here and I'm still here, then I guess we made it. Even the Jefferson Hotel is still here! Here's to a better new year than the last one.. or last several for that matter. </p> --->
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/hotel-jefferson-stl-162.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="Hotel Jefferson Saint Louis copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/hotel-jefferson-stl-162.webp" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/hotel-jefferson-stl-045.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Hotel Jefferson Saint Louis copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/ballroom/hotel-jefferson-stl-045.webp" /></a><figcaption>Hotel Jefferson Saint Louis Ballroom circa 2023</figcaption></figure></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-37035315020054729462022-12-06T12:00:00.147-06:002024-03-17T20:00:30.998-05:00The Millenial Motel<p>After breaking the hell out of my collarbone earlier this year and subsequently being on the disabled list for the entirety of summer 2022 (wearing a sling and going through physical therapy) I'm FINALLY off the DL and cleared to return to normal activities. And with this post, months of boring, stupid inactivity on the blog has come to a glorious end; BACKSTREET'S BACK, SON! </p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Oi_ePlH08">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>Welcome to the return of boring, stupid activity on the blog! I can tell you're excited, but PLEASE CALM DOWN. As a bonus, this post comes with a little backstory and a couple extra sections with helpful tips and incoherent rambling! </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_022-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_022-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Back when the Millenial Motel closed, it was the most sought after new rooftop/conquest around. According to at least 5 people. Personally, I never cared much about it, or rooftops in general for that matter. I like cool old stuff, architecture, history and stuff that doesn't suck. And this place has none of those qualities going for it. The building itself is an ugly, modern and generally "average as hell" abomination with the one exception being the top floor. The view from the top is the only thing remotely interesting about this place and even that gets boring after about 10 minutes. It's not tall enough to have a commanding presence in the area nor can it even see above most of its neighbors. You'd have roughly the same view by being a rich asshole or corporate cubicle jockey in just about any of the surrounding buildings. Hell, you can go to the top of the arch and see the whole city if you want. And from up there, this place isn't even a notable feature of the landscape. But what I *do* like is a challenge. I enjoy the satisfaction of cracking a difficult location. I knew plenty of people who wanted to get inside, since it was still fresh and as far as we knew nobody had done it yet. So I regularly kept eyes on it. And sure, it seemed fairly difficult at first glance. But it didn't take very long and next thing I knew... woops! I must've tripped on the sidewalk and (allegedly) fell inside the building! "How'd I end up in here?" I wondered to myself. And then I promptly never went back because this place can suck it. Regardless of my lack of personal interest in it, however, I never talked about it pubicly because I knew that a lot of people wanted to see it for themselves and I wasn't gonna be the one to blow it for them. Believe me or don't, it doesn't matter. That was seven years ago.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_037-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_037-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>At some point in the semi-recent past, I had heard from some comrades that not only were they going to be in town, but that I was fortunate enough to be invited to join them. Having awesome friends is awesome. They had eyes on the Millenial Motel, among other stuff. I loaded up my gear and made preparations to spend a couple days testing limits of both my newly repaired body and of the world around us. I wasn't sure how well I would hold up to jumping right back into things with a hardcore two-day exploring marathon after enduring months of restrictions that limited my physical activities which meant that I was out of practice and out of shape. Messing up your body enough that you need physical therapy in order to use it again is no joke. On top of all that, there was all the usual pre-game anxiety when your senses become all tingly and electrified with excitement and stress as your mind goes over all the possible ways in which everything could go horribly wrong. But nobody ever did anything worthwhile that was risk-free, you know? You just have to get over your stupid anxieties and take that highway to the danger zone. As the song says "You'll never know what you can do until you get it up as high as you can go". Yeah.. Life <i>should</i> be lived as hard as you can for as long as you can until you can't get it up anymore at which point I assume you just die. Sure, I admit that I lived "a little too hard" this year and I paid for it, but like the <i>other</i> most important song ever written says: "I get knocked down but I get up again. You're never gonna keep me down". </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_027-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_027-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>There's an intense and very addictive feeling you experience when you've just gone out into the world and done whatever the hell you wanted to, staring into the void, only stopping at the point of exhaustion where you hit that last and highest point of the night and you're standing on a rooftop high above, and invisible to, the traffic below and, as the cold wind carries the sounds and smells from life on the ground all the way up to your illegal vantage point, it feels like, at least for this tiny insignificant blip of time in which you were alive right here on this spot, you <i>owned</i> this place. It feels good, man. I don't know how else to describe it and, as you and I both just realized, it sounds pretty stupid when I try putting it into words. As it turned out, my body held up fine and we had an awesome time filled with one success after another. We (allegedly) got into locations that have undergone major renovations since the last time I stepped into them-some of which I hadn't personally revisited in <b>almost ten years</b>. Damn that makes me feel old. Despite the passage of time and the installation of new security features, we bypassed everything that attempted to prevent us from doing so and we (allegedly) had a damn good time. <p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_018-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_018-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>-Disclaimer-</h2>
<p>So the first time I and/or we got in here was way back in 2015 (allegedly) and I never posted about it until now. The day I got in (allegedly), I shared my success with someone I knew who immediately went inside using my advice and subsequently posted <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3UBcvk-inM">their video</a> to youtube (on November 6 2015) where it remains viewable today. To give them credit, however, they didn't publicly ID the location by name but still it was super fresh and a little questionable to have posted it so soon but eh whatever. What's the chance the small handful of people associated with the building are gonna see the vid? Pretty low and besides I'm not trying to be the location police. There's been the usual flow of social media posts from here over the past several years including one that was posted on a very public reddit subforum named after this city for all to see. Definitely questionable discretion but hey it's been doable since 2015, so it's not the end of the world. Anyone who wanted to see it by now has probably asked enough other people how to get in that they too have seen it by now. But what's worse than any of that stuff and causes far more problems IRL is the fact that people have been vandalizing/spraypainting their names inside of here... in literally the most visible spots possible. If it sounds like I'm trying to justify posting this to the blog, it's because I am, and, I just did. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_024b-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_024b-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>-Helpful Tips-</h2>
<p>I've been portraying certain activities in this blog for a long time now. I've made mistakes but I've learned a lot over the years. So I realize that it's not fair to assume everyone knows how everything works when they're just starting out or even on their first few attempts. Sometimes I see things that people do on-site or post online that just make me think "why?". I've come to the realization that some of y'all could use some help (no judgement) so I thought I'd offer some helpful tips for anyone new to this sport or for anyone who aspires to do the types of things shown here ("urban exploration" or rooftopping or whatever). And no, obviously nothing on this blog has ever been questionable, so shut up.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_079-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_079-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><b>Helpful tip #1. Don't blow the spot.</b> Actions have consequences in real life that can last long after you go home. But there is a huge variety in terms of spots, actions..and therefore consequences which means there's a lot of grey area and personal judgement calls that come into play. Some spots have active security on-site, while others don't. Some still have the electricity kept on, while others don't. Let's use a real world example to make things easy: this location right here. "The Millenial Motel" has security/maintenance personnel and full electricity throughout. Recall that security guards are literally paid to keep us out. So, what do you think happens when their boss finds out they're not entirely "effective" at keeping us out and they now have some edgy but very deep/meaningful artwork spraypainted all up in their property? At best: they have uncomfortable conversations about it and how to prevent it. At worst: those specific security guards lose their jobs/income and automated security systems get installed rendering the spot "blown" aka "found out/sealed-up/alarmed/inaccessible". In a place like this, it <b>literally couldn't be easier</b> to prevent further unauthorized access. Anyone who manages to get inside in the meantime clearly sees who was responsible for bringing the heat down since they, you know, spraypainted their names all over the fucking place. Having said that, there are other ways to blow a spot, though they're not nearly as effective as vandalism. The next quickest way to blow a spot is by publicly identifying it online. So I guess <b>helpful tip #2</b> is to simply use made up/generic names and, where necessary, avoid including exterior photos that can be used to ID a location.</p>
<p>At this point I imagine the one person out there besides me (and my mom--hi mom!) who still looks at this blog and might not be great at reading comprehension is now asking: "But, bro, isn't this blog post also blowing the spot?!" And to that I politely remind you of the above, excessive, walls of text that you must not have read wherein I pointed out the fact that it's been blown already. Go yell at everyone else whose videos and pictures are still up before you cry at me. <!--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3UBcvk-inM--> <!--https://www.reddit.com/r/StLouis/comments/sxhgkc/the_old_millennium_hotel_sad_to_see_it_this_way/--> Besides, now that there's paint going up everywhere, it's only a matter of time before they clamp down on this shit. For all I know, they already have. Regardless if they seal it now or not: if you don't give a shit about the spot anymore then neither do I.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_024-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_024-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>-Rambling Incoherence-</h2>
<p><u>Here's the point</u>: We, or anyone for that matter, could have blown this spot seven years ago by spraypainting our names in it or publicly identifying it online but we chose not to.. so.. on behalf of "all of us": you're welcome for not being an asshole and thus giving you the opportunity to experience it. </p>
<p>Had the individual(s) who got in before you not made an effort to maintain access/keep it on the down-low, it would have been fucked over long before <i>you</i> had the chance to fuck it over. That's just how things work. </p>
<p>Now.. I know how remarkably sensitive some people's egos are so don't go getting all butthurt-I didn't even call anyone out by name. It's cool. We all start somewhere and we all make mistakes. I'll just assume that was your first time doing this and you're still figuring things out. Besides, like I said, I don't really have strong feelings for this location. Until the unidentified time that this blog post occurred, I only went inside here one actual time before this. Been there, done that, wasn't impressed. While everyone else was busy getting in here and doing their dangly feet pics at that one green-roofed building, among others, carefully curating instagram followers and going places that other people told them how to get into, "I and/or we" quickly moved on to the next shiny new thing. Like <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-skyscraper-downtown.html">this place</a> for example. <!--Side note: That shiny new thing was over six years ago now. I don't pay much attention to other people or social media in general, but I haven't seen anyone else get in there and as quick as some people trip over each other to be the "first" to blow spots, it does seem to indicate who is out here actually doing work and who is just asking other people how to get inside these locations. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/015/878/thatsnoneofmy.jpg">I'm just making an observation</a>.--></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_062-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_062-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Anyway.. Those were just some "helpful tips", not rules. I'm not telling anybody how to act, I'm just offering advice that you are free to ignore. If it helps one person out there to realize when it might be a good idea to maybe <i>not</i> paint their name, or create other edgy/deep/meaningful artwork inside a location then that's cool too. Places like this with security and electricity and <b>other stuff inside still actively being used by nearby businesses</b>... these are not the kinds of places you'd want to spraypaint or publicly ID online unless you're like.. intentionally trying to blow the spot and ruin it for everyone. In which case... damn, son. We're not mad, just disappointed.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_041-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_041-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>*Note: My comrades and I have never been proven to actually exist. It's entirely possible that "my comrades" are just voices in my head and it's also possible that I only exist inside of a weird fever dream you keep having. You've never met me, after all. Nobody has. This blog is just a bunch of computer generated words and images which could all be digitally manipulated to seem real. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_050-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_050-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>If you actually read all that, I'm honestly impressed. Here's some additional photos.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_086-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_086-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_098-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_098-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_129-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_129-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_002-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="The Millenial copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/millenial/millenial_002-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>The Millenial Motel by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>This place has the smallest rooms ever. This was essentially the whole room right here and they were all like this. </p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-89268303351549162442022-07-31T16:41:00.033-05:002024-03-17T19:47:44.922-05:00Leadville Colorado<p>--Check out my video from this trip <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/5di_IZ_A6i4">here</a>.--</p>
<p>Leadville is a mountain town in central Colorado which was inhabited as early as the 16th century by the Ute Nation people. To the north of the Gunnison River the Ute Nation was mostly comprised of the Parianuche or "elk people". During the warm season, the Parianuche lived along the headwaters of the renowned Arkansas River in the area that later came to be known as Leadville. After spending the warm season along the headwaters, they moved to lower elevations in the winter. This was more or less the routine for some 300+ years before their home was invaded by people desperate to strike it rich by blasting tunnels and digging holes through the earth.</p>
<p>On April 26, 1860, placer gold was discovered in California Gulch one mile east of present-day town. By the end of the year, 10,000 people were living here and $2M in gold had been extracted. The good times didn't last long, however, when in 6 short years, the gold ran out and with it followed most of the town's inhabitants. It was around this time (1868) that the last of the indigenous Ute people were pushed out of the headwaters area for good as their new neighbors schemed up new "treaties" by which to take more of their land in hopes of striking it rich.</p>
<p>Leadville was practically a ghost town by the 1870's when some of the remaining prospectors discovered that the material which had been clogging their sluice boxes all this time actually contained about 15 ounces of silver per ton. These prospectors tried to keep the discovery a secret but that didn't last long and a decade later, Leadville had grown to become the second largest city in Colorado. It wasn't until ~1878 that Leadville even had an official name and by 1880, the town had "gas lighting, water mains, 28 miles of streets, 5 churches, 3 hospitals, six banks and a large school". Mail was carried from the post office here to Denver and the round trip took about one week. Leadville had several newspapers by the end of the 1870's and The Chronicle newspaper was the first in America to employ a full-time female reporter. William Nye, not the science guy, opened the first saloon in 1877, followed shortly by many others. A sign reportedly hung in one of the saloons which read "Please don't shoot the pianist, he is doing his best." </p>
<p>In 1879, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2020/12/interlaaken.html">Interlaken Hotel and Resort</a> was constructed on the edge of Twin Lakes just outside of town. Originally called Lakeside Resort, James V. Dexter bought the property and expanded it to create one of the finest such establishments in the country. The resort included a pool hall, Dexter's cabin, a 16-horse stable, dance pavillion and a state-of-the-art octagonal outhouse. The prosperity didn't last long, however, and after a few modifications which were made in subsequent years to the lake and dam, the road to Interlaken was submerged and the only way to access the resort was now by boating across the lake or taking a ~5 mile trail. The site was eventually abandoned until the 1970's when the buildings were stabilized and preserved. Today you can visit the site and even go inside the amazing Dexter's Cabin. When I had the fortune to visit Interlaken, we took a kayak across the lake and it was a surprisingly rough trip battling waves and cold wind.</p>
<p>As with the previous post, this trip occured a little over a week after having surgery to put my collarbone back together so I had no business doing half of this stuff, but I'm, professionally speaking, "a dumbass". This situation meant my arm was useless and strapped across my body in a sling so I was working the camera while stumbling around left-handed and one-armed*, **. *Further difficulties on this part of the trip include the fact that I had been couch-ridden at sea level for the prior 3 weeks with a serious injury then suddenly hobbling up and down mountains at over 10,000 feet in elevation. This is the kind of experience that will make even the least introspective among us question our recent decisions. **To make things worse, it was storming pretty hard most of the time I was out here which resulted in some of the roads being flooded and the wet and uneven lanscape was not the easiest thing to hike across. In trying to get around some of the water by vehicle, I discovered that many of the roads out here aren't roads so much as they are creek beds or rock garden boulder scrambles. Google maps sent me down some routes that I wasn't sure I'd make it through with an intact vehicle. I spent at least 50% of my time out here bouncing and slamming around on the rocks in a rented vehicle driving through routes that aren't actually roads except in google maps' active imagination. County Road 1a, for example is a goddamn creek bed. But if you drive along this particular creek bed, as I was able to confirm, you do end up on top of a large pile of rocks with a commanding view of the area and I'll give google credit: that's where I was navigating us to. But there was a much easier route on an actually paved road I could have taken instead and which is the route I originally chose. But I made it back without re-breaking any bones or flipping the rented Jeep off a mountain, so that's what's important. Colorado has shown to me once again that while it is truly awesome it remains surprisingly exhausting and treacherous to explore.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/misc/jackass.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="sublunar / jackass" border="0" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/misc/jackass.png"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Disclaimer: I had the opportunity to visit this site recently so I didn't pass it up despite the fact that I recently broke my collarbone and was only about a week and a half post-surgery with my right arm in a sling and completely useless. So this is the work of a one-armed crippled idiot.</p>
<p>Sources: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/06/17/pianist/">1</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://leadville.com/a-time-line-of-leadvilles-history/">2</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.littletongov.org/my-littleton/littleton-history/other-topics/leyner-engineering-company">3</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.freightleadville.com/a-brief-history-of-leadville">4</a>
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<h2>Leadville Colorado Unnamed Mine #1</h2>
<p>The first mine here is about 100 years newer than the rest of its neighbors but its relative youth was no advantage as it shut down after less than 10 years in operation. </p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_237-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_237-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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<h2>Saint Louis Mine - Leadville Colorado</h2>
<p>While exploring the Leadville mining district just east of downtown Leadville, I encountered a Leyner pump sitting among the ruins just outside of the St. Louis Tunnel. The Saint Louis mine located here was involved in an interesting claim dispute with the overlapping Miner Boy mine and before it was over, the surface structures of both mines had been thoroughly burned to the ground. Leyner, the name on the pump sitting outside the mine, was a name practically synonymous with early mining history; It was said of J. George Leyner that "no man has done as much in the past generation to advance the art of removing rock." Among many other notable works, Leyner designed the "water-flushed drill". The new Leyner drill revolutionized mining and saved countless lives at a time when tens of thousands of miners died annually from the effects of Silicosis which was a terrible disease caused by excessive inhallation of rock dust. Shortly after the Leyner drill was introduced, many states banned the former method of "dry" mining. Another interesting St. Louis connection here is that the J. George Leyner Engineering Works won the grand prize at the 1904 World's Fair in Saint Louis and this was a catalyst which helped propel the company forward tremendously, at which time they began a series of expansions. In 1912, Leyner sold various distribution and patent rights on his rock drills and compressors to Ingersol-Rand Company, with whom his own company would go on to have a long partnership. Leyner eventually turned his attention to the agricultural industry where he saw room for improvement. He thus created the most excellent and awesomely named "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/linapede1.jpg">Linapede</a>" tractor, whose name was a result of the fact that it drove on tracks rather than wheels. One feature which made it particularly unique is the fact that the front and rear track's axles could both be <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/linapede2.jpg">rotated</a> to allow the vehicle to make sharp turns-so sharp, in fact, that it could turn in a circle whose radius is less than the length of the tractor. I'm not sure how popular these tractors were, however, and I am unable to locate any examples of these machines which still exist. Having learned the history of Leyner, I personally found it very fucking cool to have located what appears to be an extant, original, Leyner water-flushed drill compressor house with a boiler and other related debris sitting outside one of the mines that it helped carve out over a century ago.</p>
<p>The Saint Louis Mine below, featuring the Leyner pump house and the St. Louis Tunnel (now collapsed).</p>
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<h2>Stumptown</h2>
<p>This area in particular, "Stumptown" was one I tried to reach but I couldn't get down to these buildings due to the road being flooded. I tried going the only other direction and wound up going up a very steep boulder climb only to get to the other side and find another section that was flooded too deep to risk.</p>
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<h2>New Monarch Mine</h2>
<p>This is the Ore Bin of the New Monarch Mine and is one of the more complete ruins out here.</p>
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<h2>Emmett Mine</h2>
<p>The Emmett mine, in the first 3 photos below, was the scene of one of the battles which resulted from the 1896-1897 Leadville Miner's Strike.</p>
<p>The Leadville miner's strike lasted 9 months from June 19, 1896 to March 9, 1897. Before it was over, the Western Federation of Miners would wage bloody war against the wealthy industrialists who controlled the mines. The union demands were reasonable and included fair pay, shorter hours and better working conditions. The mine owners were filthy rich industrialists who were well organized and didn't care what the miners wanted. They fought solely to protect their profitability. </p>
<p>This was a time of considerable changes to, and consolidation of, the mining industry. As mines became more industrialized, owners became increasingly separated from actual mining activites. The mine owners in turn became less sympathetic to the concerns of the miners themselves. By the time the smaller operations consolidated with large firms, mine owners tended to be wealthy bankers and businessmen who only cared about profit and who had never stepped foot in a mine. </p>
<p>One of the key events that lead up to the strike was the Panic of 1893, during which the price of silver dropped by 37.5%. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act had just passed and the details of the act inadvertently caused a run on gold, tanking the price of silver. Mining companies immediately reduced miner's wages to $2.50/day in order to conserve profit and naturally, they kept the wage decrease in effect long after the panic was over. </p>
<p>The unions advocated for basic things such as 8 hour work days. Denver had begun enacting 8 hour days back in 1890 but by 1896 it was still common for some Leadville mine employees to work 12 hour shifts. They also, understandably, asked for decent wages paid in legal tender instead of company credit. They also asked for health care for miners and for disarming of guards and friendly relationships with employees. Mine owners claimed that they hadn't made a dollar in two years. Curiously, however, 1895 marked the highest overall output over the past 6 years and, in reality, Leadville had become Colorado's largest mine camp, having produced 9.5 million ounces of silver. The mine owners openly antagonized the miners in a variety of ways. In 1894, a Leadville mine owner ordered the superintendent to "put off payday until say, the 10th or 15th' so that stockholders could be paid a dividend. Mine owner John F. Campion was even so bold and stupid as to be observed buying Italian marble and other luxuries while the strike was going on, at a time when the owners claimed they "hadn't made a dollar". In 1889, Leadville miners went to Denver to help pass a mine inspection bill that sought to improve worker conditions in the increasingly deep and dangerous mines. The bill passed, but nothing changed because the state failed to fund the program. </p>
<p>In May of 1896, a group of union representatives approached several mine managers to ask for their pay to be reinstated back to $3/day. The mine owners refused to even acknowledge the union. They tried again a month later and had about the same luck. Later that same day, Cloud City Miner's Union Local 33 held a meeting where it was decided that all workers still earning the old wage of $2.50/day will strike. At 11:30 that night, 968 miners walked out which forced a number of mines to shut down. The mine owners responded by locking out all the rest of the mines and turning off the dewatering pumps. Over 2,000 miners were now out of work and the entire mining district went silent while the mines slowly filled with water. Unbeknownst to the miners, the mine owners secretly agreed to form their own union insofar as they all agreed to act as one and to continue to not recognize the union. </p>
<p>Due to the fact that the natural progress of unchecked capitalism is corporations owning politicians and the police, it's only natural that the mine owners also effectively owned the police and most business and community leaders at this time. Furthermore, John Campion, the same guy who was busy dealing with the logistics of purchasing Italian marble during the strike, used some of the vast wealth the miners earned for him to hire detectives from a handful of detective agencies to spy on the union. In July 1896, the union acquired rifles and formed squads of "regulators" to expel any potential strikebreakers from coming to work at the mines. Ultimately they were not successful and the Coronado and Emmett mines soon re-opened at the lowered $2.50/day wage.</p>
<p>Despite warnings from union leadership to "keep out of mischief" and "any violation of the law or disturbance of the peace.. is treason to the cause", on September 21 1896, about 50 armed strikers attacked the Coronado mine with the intention of destroying the shaft house. As it burned, the strikers shot and killed a fireman; Foreman of Hose Company #2, 24 year old Jerry O'Keefe, was shot from behind while trying to extinguish the fire. Three strikers ultimately died from from mine workers who returned fire in defense of the Coronado mine. It was only after armed citizens took to the streets (Coronado was surrounded by residences) to chase off the attackers that firemen were able to get to the scene and stop the blaze. The next target was the Emmett mine where a home-made cannon was used to blow a hole through a defensive wall. As the strikers attempted to breach the wall, they were held back by strikebreakers and forced to retreat. One striker was killed in this attack. As a result of these shenanigans, the National Guard was moved in and by that night, some 653 guardsmen were on location. The arrival of the National Guard sealed the fate of the strike which finally relented on March 9 1897 when they agreed to return to work at the $2.50/day wage.</p>
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<h2>Miscellaneous Leadville finds:</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_198-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_198-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_166-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_166-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_507-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_507-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_468-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_468-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_475-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_475-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_494-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Leadville Colorado copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/leadville/2022-6-24_494-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Leadville Colorado by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-55472705544466990212022-07-14T08:33:00.004-05:002024-03-17T19:56:59.786-05:00Calco Incorporated<p>Calco Inc. operated this plant in Salida Colorado from the mid/late 70's to the mid 90s. They processed on average 200 tons of quicklime and crushed limestone daily which was hauled from the nearby Monarch Quarry. By the early 1990's they had numerous MSHA citations wherein their weak financial situation was acknowledged as reason for their rather small fines (~$50 per citation). It's not clear when they shut down but it appears to have been sometime in the mid 1990's.</p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://youtu.be/nzYsYDYBLmk">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/misc/jackass.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="sublunar / jackass" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/misc/jackass.png"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p>Disclaimer: I had the opportunity to visit this site recently so I didn't pass it up despite the fact that I recently broke my collarbone and was only about a week and a half post-surgery with my right arm in a sling and completely useless. So this is the best I could do as a one-armed crippled idiot.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_076-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_076-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_077-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_077-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_083-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_083-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_086-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_086-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_042-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_042-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_045-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_045-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_035-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_035-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_028-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_028-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_049-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_049-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_053-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_053-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_033-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_033-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_034-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_034-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_039-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_039-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_047-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Calco Inc copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/calco/2022-6-24_047-1.jpg"></a><figcaption>Calco Salida by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-38615728867313582812022-06-19T11:38:00.015-05:002024-03-17T19:56:21.798-05:00Foundry #4<p>Foundry #4 is, as far as I can tell, the oldest factory from this company still standing. The company itself was formed in the 1820's and, after achieving great success with some of its early products, quickly rose to prominence as a premier manufacturer with locations across the globe. The company is well known for its many varieties of products which found their way into "most" heavy machinery in use in the United States at the turn of the century. The company was also directly responsible for the increased adoption and use of electricity, particularly in regard to smaller electric plants in rural areas, along with many other notable contributions to the Industrial Revolution.</p>
<p>They continue to be active in the defense industry today and while this equipment is no longer in use, their current products fill the warehouse shelves under the same roof that was erected when this foundry began, which I estimate to be some time in the early-mid 1900's. For exanple: the Lectromelt Furnace that this foundry was built around appears identical to models shown in 1930's advertisements. I have otherwise found very little information that would help to determine the exact age of this site.</p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3k2V70vf4">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_250.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_250.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_282.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_282.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_293.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_293.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_299.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_299.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_312.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_312.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_376.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_376.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_354.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_354.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_333.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_333.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_342.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_342.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_329.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_329.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_270.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_270.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_385.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_385.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_235.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_235.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_234.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_234.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_200.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_200.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_204.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_204.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_400.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_400.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_404.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_404.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_214.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_214.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_218.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_218.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_231.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_231.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_394.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Foundry #4 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/foundry4/2022-4-10_394.jpg"></a><figcaption>Foundry #4 by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-73971372299250649062022-05-25T15:30:00.009-05:002024-03-17T19:55:23.691-05:00Train Tunnel Mine
<p>This is a pretty rad little spot called Train Tunnel Mine. The accessible portion is pretty average in overall size/layout as far as room and pillar mines go, but the unique feature here is obviously the rail line coming out of it and the train tunnel that goes deeper into the mine. Unfortunately, however, the tunnel ends abrubtly after only a hundred yards or so where a large sturdy gate prevents further exploration. Beyond the gate, within the dark and desolate expanse of these forgotten depths, electricity is loudly buzzing away, rather mysteriously, with no clear indication as to what exactly the space is being used for. Furthermore, there are no clues to tell us from where those responsible for maintaining this underground lair gain access to the site. One can only assume it's either being used for some run-of-the-mill underground storage or some clandestine government experiments involving aliens and/or lizard people. </p>
<p>Click <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQCJZt5t1Y">here</a> for the video.
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_016.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_016.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_076.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_076.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_114.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_114.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_143.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_143.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_153.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_153.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_163.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_163.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_173.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_173.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_174.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_174.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_176.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_176.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_182.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_182.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_195.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_195.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_192.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Mine #6 copyright 2024 sublunar" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/mine6/2022-4-10_192.jpg"></a><figcaption>Train Tunnel Mine by sublunar</figcaption></figure></p>
SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-26791172212520270912022-05-02T09:58:00.007-05:002024-02-09T12:08:05.350-06:00The Pillsbury Mill<p>The Pillsbury Mill was built in 1929. In 1989 a large British conglomerate purchased the company and moved production elsewhere. About a year later they sold this plant to Cargill. Cargill then operated it for 10 years and when they closed in 2001, they apparently didn't bother taking anything with them when they left. Salvage companies came and went with one who imporperly disposed of asbestos and saw one of its officers jailed for two years as a result. Another group has come forward and purchased it with dreams of progress at the site but for now it's still just a huge deathtrap deteriorating next to a large neighborhood. </p>
<p>Click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=areEDWct48Q">here</a> for the video.</p>
<h2>1929</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-1929.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill Historic Photos" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-1929.jpg" /></a></p>
<h2>1935-ish</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-employees.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill Historic Photos" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-employees.jpg" /></a></p>
<h2>1979</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-1979.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill Historic Photos" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/Pillsbury-1979.jpg" /></a></p>
<h2>End Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_028.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_028.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_003.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_003.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_010.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_010.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_015.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_015.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_005.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_005.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_007.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_007.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_046.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_046.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_050.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_050.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_033.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_033.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_055.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_055.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_042.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_042.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_071-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_071.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_064.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_064.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_080-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Pillsbury Mill © 2022 sublunar" border="0" src="https://sublunar.info/visual/mill/2022-1-22_080-2.jpg" /></a></p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-7344160199960119422022-02-11T07:42:00.050-06:002023-05-01T18:23:38.064-05:00Power Plant #7
<p>The story of PP#7 resembles most: It was erected in the middle of the last century and closed recently. It produced many hundreds of Megawatts but was ultimately shut down due to increasingly strict pollution regulations. Not much to say really. On paper it's just another power plant. But what we found here is a sprawling, massive conglomeration of raunchy industrial goodness from which it seems like everyone just got up and walked away one day. And one day is about how long it takes to go through everything here; We ran out of daylight on the first trip and had to come back to finish it off properly. </p>
<p>Inside, there's a closure checklist still freshly written on the whiteboard and everything is covered in dust right where they left it. The various basements are flooded and it's pretty obvious this place isn't going to be coming back online.</p>
<p>Click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://youtu.be/xCeoQAkL1C4">here</a> for the video.</p>
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<p>So, to the dismay of at least.. uh.. several people including but not limited to the security guards onsite here, those weird/angry guards who like to randomly threaten me online, as well as all those who may try the same in the future: Let this post make it known that at this time I am still too dumb to be stopped.</p>
It's huge. But.. Having said that, <a target="_BLANK" href="httpss://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2019/12/power-plant-3.html">this other one</a> was pretty girthy too and I recall driving by one day and half the main building was just laying on its side like some colossus, probably named Bertha, had just casually picked it up, inspected it and simply tossed it to the side. So maybe the <i>size</i> is not as much of a problem for whatever monstrosity named Bertha roams around leaving a wreck of mangled, discarded and filthy PP's in her wake. It's probably just the impact which the cost of demolition would have upon this quarter's bottom line. Demolition is probably already figured into the next fiscal year. At any rate I seriously have no idea how they managed to tear the other one down so efficiently, but I do know that Bertha will have her hands full when the time comes to wreck <i>this</i> PP.</p>
<p>On an unrelated note: I'm not entirely sure why but sometimes people act surprised to run into me places. Yes, the recent <a target="_BLANK" href="httpss://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-skaguay-hydroelectric-power-plant.html">Skaguay</a> trip damn near killed my comrade and I but I've been randomly getting asked about this for a while now. It's true, I don't regularly post on social media. And yes, the blog sometimes goes a while without updates. But the reason for that is simple: This shit ain't easy. Keeping up the level of content I deem worthy of the blog is a full time job in itself and I've been doing this for a long damn time (and I don't make money off of it-no ads-etc). This thing's been going for [checks calendar] 13 years now.. After a while you start covering the same ground so you expand your search (which has resulted in stupidly adventurous road trips all over the country as far off as San Francisco and New York). And with an expanded search comes additional logistical difficulties. It's hard enough just finding locations good enough for this site (but not <i>too</i> good) and what constitutes a "good location" is generally correlated to how challenging/dangerous they are to access which, conveniently, usually keeps most of the idiots out. I have legitimately risked my life multiple times in pursuit of the adventures seen here. And as a consolation prize I have also earned what seems to be permanent pain/injuries from these same activities. But, to me anyway, the challenge of accessing fresh new stuff is like half the fun. There's layers of obstacles to peel away before you get the prize. And the better the spot the less comfortable I am posting it online because that's how places get destroyed by idiots. In the case of PP#7, notice that I included no exteriors, dates or other easily identifiable information so as to protect this PP's identity even though experience tells me it probably won't be around much longer anyway. And since I brought it up: If more people practiced similar discretion then less places would get destroyed by idiots-this is not an opinion but a fact. Don't get me wrong: I too am an idiot. Frankly, I am dumb as hell. </p>
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<h2>History of Skaguay</h2>
<p>The Skaguay Hydro Electric Power Plant was built in 1899 within the inhospitable area now known as the Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area about 6 miles south of Victor Colorado. Construction of the power plant was part of a larger project which was composed of 500 men in three separate crews simultaneously building three separate parts of the infrastructure needed to eventually power the nearby towns and subsequently the gold mines that brought them into existence. The project was split into three constituent parts. The first project was the Skaguay Dam and Reservoir. The second project was the construction of the pipeline from the reservoir to the power plant and the third project was the construction of the power plant itself. This would all be orchestrated by the Woods Brothers of Victor whose family was responsible for much of the town of Victor itself considering they owned and operated one of the largest and most prominent mines in the area, the Gold Coin Mine which was basically in the heart of downtown along with the Victor Hotel, Pinnacle Park and the First National Bank of Victor. As owners of one of the local gold mines, electricity would also mean the replacement of mule power by electric locomotives deep in the mines.</p>
<p>The 405 foot long Skaguay Dam was built out of 110,000 cubic yards of rubble generated from blowing up a nearby mountain using 13,000 pounds of explosives, after which the rock face of the dam was reinforced with steel and is said to be the first of its kind in the world. The 23,200 foot pipeline was 30 inches in diameter, mostly wooden and constructed by hand out of 1.5" redwood staves held together by metal bands. The placement of the power plant was decided such that the pipeline would have sufficient pitch (1,165 feet down) to generate enough power to turn the 5 turbines and run the generators. The Woods Brothers had a policy of taking care of their employees and to that end they added a saloon, dance hall and gaming room along with housing, laundry, and a cookhouse to the site. People and equipment were brought to the plant via an aerial tram. The tram was an open cable car located at the edge of a cliff where the road ended. When the rider was prepared to descend, they would touch a metal rod to the cable which rang a bell back at the plant. The ride then took the cart down sheer cliff faces and through a tunnel before reaching the plant. Among the less functionally necessary items to be successfully conveyed to the plant in this manner were a piano and a slate pool table. </p>
<p>Skaguay came online in May 1901, 2 years after construction began. According to "Skaguay: The Miracle of the Gold Camp Near Cripple Creek & Victor", “To celebrate the event for the success of Skaguay, the Woods brothers waited until the 4th of July to put on a real party. Electricity was free and the streets were lit up like a Christmas tree. Old carbon-type, incandescent-type globes were ordered in by the hundreds and burned night and day. Searchlights were mounted on the Gold Coin Mine tower and their light roamed the hills and streets catching parties and dancing in their light. It was a real celebration for the new boomtown and it continued for three days.” </p>
<p>Various floods threatened the dam over the years but none have brought about its demise. The flood of 1912 was so powerful that they dynamited the flood gates to save the dam. The flood of 1921 wiped out all the bridges in the canyon. The flood of 1942 wiped out the tram track and thus cut Skaguay off from the rest of the world for 3 weeks. Unfortunately for the power plant, one flood would prove too much. The flood of June 1965 was brought about by weeks of rain which caused flooding so intense that 21 people died. On June 17 1965, 8 inches of rain pounded the nearby town of Cripple Creek whose three dams all failed. The excess runoff caused Skaguay Dam to overflow, sending a five foot wave over the edge and down the canyon. Over a mile of pipeline was clogged and another half mile was completely destroyed. The pipeline was never repaired and the cost was too great to remove the machinery so everything was left to the wilderness. The land itself was eventually turned over to the government and is now considered a wilderness area. </p>
<h2>A Cautionary Tale of Professional Stupidity</h2>
<p>This trip was a long time coming. It also nearly involved a search and rescue team, embarassment, regret and maybe even a little death here and there. Do not attempt to do this in one day like we did. We are experienced semi-professionals. But sometimes even the most semi-professional of adventurers make really dumb decisions. This is one of those times. </p>
<p>The Skaguay Power Plant has been on my bucket list for several years now and despite several trips to Colorado, I never could work it into the schedule/logistics of any prior trip. On this occasion I was on vacation with my wife when a good comrade showed up at the last minute, just in time to barely make this expedition possible. I had already done my research and some rough calculations and I was confident we could pull it off (and now you know who to blame). I was therefore excited and looking forward to finally doing it. Soon, however, we would question whether or not we should have tried doing Skaguay on this trip and at one point we seriously questioned whether or not we were both going to make it back out on our own. And things only got worse from there. For the record: this is a true account of our experience. </p>
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<p>The trail is listed as an 11.4 mile route with over 1,400 feet in elevation gain and considered difficult by any means. In reality this is an intense hike, even if you split it up into two days by camping out here, but it's an especially brutal grind if you are an idiot and attempt to do it out and back in one day like we did. Most reviews I've seen say that each direction takes about 5 hours. Having been on a relatively strenuous mountain hike only two days prior and now fully rested, I calculated our speed and estimated Skaguay would take us 3 hours per direction (... heh). Thus we naively thought we could knock this out in a day no problem. There's absolutely no cell service down here so you have no means of communication with anyone back at home/camp/etc so you'e truly all on your own in the wilderness. The trail is not officially established, meaning that there's no signage and often no well worn path to follow.. and the area also happens to be home to one of the largest concentrations of mountain lions in Colorado, so there's that. </p>
<p>We started the hike shortly after 10am on a very comfortable August day in 2021, roughly an hour later than planned. We passed signs on the way that warned you to "plan for a two day trip" if you're going where we're going. But the thing about signs is <a href="https://sublunar.info/visual/misc/signnotacop.jpg" target="blank" rel="noopener">they're just signs</a> and promptly ignoring signs is all part of the job. If we're talking inner signs, or "gut insticts", that's just the other side of the same coin. If I listened to my gut instincts, I'd never do anything cool because every good adventure starts out with anxiety and a knotted gut and with experience you simply learn to completely ignore your "gut" (which admittedly sometimes leads me into really dumb situations most normal people would have avoided while smugly attributing it to the wisdom of their digestive tract and its feelings on the matter [ and ..yes.. I know. I can hear you sitting there saying "But your gut health is directly linked to your mental health blah blah blah". That's true, but you've gotten me way off track here with this unnecessary brackets-inside-of-parentheses-meta-bullshit, so just shut up and listen while I tell my story, ok?]). As I was saying, gut instincts are not trustworthy sources of information. To believe in their accuracy is to believe in the supernatural and psychic powers and ghosts and stuff. So anyway, the Skaguay expedition was to occur on our last full day in Colorado, followed by an early morning flight. My "gut instincts", or more accurately, my "logical assessment of the situation" told me that doing this huge ambitious trek at the last minute before an early flight could be problematic. But what is life if you're never pushing boundaries? </p>
<P>I had a camelback full of water and some food and all the usual gear crammed into a backpack which weighed me down tremendously. The hike started off quite as expected; The weather was perfect and the sound of the creek rolling along the rocks and the hills was soothing as we followed its winding course through the beautiful mountains. I thought we had this thing in the bag. As we progressed, however, the trek became increasingly difficult. What started out as relatively flat, serene praries rolling along next to a calm and peaceful creek became boulder scrambles precariously situated above a raging river. The creek crossings I had read about were, in my imagination, something we would just roll up our pants legs for and walk across. And that's maybe what the first one was. But the remaining 5 or 6 (each way) were increasingly dangerous affairs as we fought against extremely strong currents and fridgid ice cold water that began to sting and numb your extremeties as you approached the other side, soaking your lower half entirely and leaving you cold and wet for the entire rest of the hike. And just as soon as you began to dry out and warm up, the next one is waiting. Each crossing ate up considerable time as we shed our packs to change shoes and redo our entire configurations on both sides of the "creek". I had read about some people making it most of the way before having to get wet and I can only assume the water level was either lower for them or it was unusually high on this trip. One thing is for certain; When we went, it was a heavy flow day. </P>
<p>At about 1pm, or according to the map roughly 3/4 of the way to the power plant, we were definitely feeling it. I had already put up my GoPro long ago so as to pay more attention to what I'm doing, where I place my feet and hands, etc. Around this time my comrade landed wrong on a step and re-injured his bad ankle. We rested. And questioned whether or not the trip was over. Not wanting to bail after having gone this far already, he soaked his swelling appendage in the ice cold water and eventually he felt comfortable continuing. We stubbornly marched on toward the objective. He powered through the pain and even stuck a collapsed water bottle in his boot so as to apply pressure to the injury. We took it slow and steady. Success was still a possibility but we also still had a grueling hike through challenging terrain ahead of us and then everything all over again on the way back. Just as we'd start to dry off a little, the next crossing would sneak up like a punch to the gut knocking us off our rhythm and slowing the pace considerably. The trail was, at the time of our expedition, at best moderately marked off in some areas and ..not marked at all in others. For the most part you can tell where you need to go but it kept us guessing often enough so as to send us down many dead ends only to force us to backtrack and waste precious time and energy in the process. </p>
<p>Finally at 3pm (now 5 hours into the expedition) we stumbled up the trail leading away from the creek directly to the plant itself. We were fucking exhausted and we were both now out of drinking water. My comrade was <i>really</i> not doing so good by this point but we were so far in there was nothing to do but keep on keeping on. We've done terrible gruelling shit before and yeah this trip was already ranking among the worst. I rushed around as fast as possible to check out the plant knowing that we were going to be pushing right up against nightfall on our way back. And doing this hike in the dark sounded like the worst possible outcome. It wasn't yet 4pm by the time we were back on the trail. I had planned to spend a good amount of time onsite resting while taking in the amazing scenery and experience knowing that I may never see it again but as late as it was we needed to move quickly so I didn't so much as sit down to catch my breath except to shove food down my throat. I later learned that my comrade was so dehydrated and exhausted that he couldn't even keep his down. </p>
<p>And this is the point where things went from bad to worse. With time running out, both of us out of water and us being about <i>~5 miles deep in the mountain wilderness</i> and with no means of communication with the outside world, my comrade very soon began experiencing serious uncontrollable muscle cramps and wild spasms which immediately sent him to the ground. Each occurrence set us back that much later as we waited out the waves of horrible pain. His leg muscles were doing things I've never seen leg muscles do before. We began considering, eventually openly discussing, contingency plans such as me taking his keys and going back to town to find help to get him out. While I was holding together ok I was definitely not in any shape at this point to be carrying him out over the boulders and through the water. The fact that I was scheduled to leave Colorado very early the following morning weighed on my mind. Furthermore, I had left my rental and hitched a ride with him the ~2 hours down to the reservoir so I couldn't have left him there even if I wanted to. Not to mention the fact that there were very likely bears/mountain lions/etc in the area. Everything was falling apart. I cursed myself for allowing this to go so far and for things going so wrong.</p>
<p>Despite all this, I tried to make sure we remained positive. Sure I had to leave early in the morning but sleep isn't really a "necessity" when you get down to it. We just had to take it one step at a time and eventually we probably had a decent chance of making it out alright even if we had to crawl. It didn't help that the trail was so poorly marked that we encountered several dead ends forcing us to back-track several more times. We slowly crept onward, still fairly confident in an overall good outcome.</p>
<p>And this is the point where things went from worse to worse-er. As the sun lowered in the sky, the shadows of the mountains on our left rose up the sheer rock face of the mountains on the right before finally completely topping them and dissolving the faint signs of the trail into the murkiness of the night. We were still only about halfway back. The temperature also plummetted and each creek crossing was more and more unpleasant than it was in the warm sun and daylight. As darkness enveloped the land and encouraged nature to transition to its nocturnal state, we began to see lightning in the distance. Things were looking <i>really fucking not good</i>. There was now a real possibility that we were now going to be stuck deep in this valley in the dark with a comrade who could barely walk and a creek that was already loud, powerful and dangerous to cross with a fucking rainstorm on top of it making conditions significantly worse in all respects considering it would mean even colder temperatures, deeper/stronger currents and slippery boulders. It seemed as though our situation was turning out to be as shitty and dangerous of an experience as possible. This is an area that is prone to powerful floods and avalanches that flush away anything dumb enough to be in its path and there we were. </p>
<p>It was now completely dark and the waxing moon in the part of the sky that wasn't yet overtaken by clouds was still only a sliver of light and therefore provided no illumination except to differntiate the dark blue of the sky from the now-shorouded-in-black featureless mountains and the landscape we had to navigate below. My ultra bright headlamp was incredibly harsh against the pure black of the night and even with this light it was difficult to identify whether we were on a trail at any given point or if we were just bushwacking in the weeds. We still had a ways to go and having lost count I desperately hoped that, now that it was completely dark, the water crossings were all behind us and that the rain would hold off. Finally the ground levelled out and the creek did the same. We only barely succeeded in getting past the worst of the crossings before total darkness. But just walking on the relatively flat ground, even without the rain which now seemed imminent, each step forward required every last bit of strength we had left as we dragged our ragged and exhausted shells of our former selves onward. We were no longer racing (albeit very slowly) against the dark. We already lost that battle. We were now racing against the increasingly near and frequent lightning and the black clouds which by this time had extinguished half of the stars in the sky and with it the last of the visible natural features the night offered us. I began to perceive scents that I was unfamiliar with but which smelled like a musky animal smell. And I would occasionally see pairs of eyes on the trail ahead reflecting my light but I couldn't see well enough to determine what sort of creature the eyes belonged to. I kept checking GPS and we were walking exactly as slowly as it felt like we were. Time dragged and we dragged along with it. All the while the very real dangers that we faced seemed only to accumulate. </p>
<p>We finally turned the last corner of the path and were greeted by the artificial light of civilization. Fairly surprised to not be washed away under what I imagined was the soon-to-be "Flood of 2021" (in which only us two idiots managed to die by being washed away forever down Beaver Creek), we got back to the parking lot at the reservoir at 11pm, (just over) ~12 hours after we began the trip and a full 5 hours past the time I had agreed to check in with my people who were now extremely concerned for our well-being. So concerned, in fact, that there was a missing persons report filed. Back at the hotel, they had tried to be ok with us being so late but the storm convinced them that things were perhaps not ok.</p>
<p>As we were getting in the truck, a 6 pack of beer fell out onto the parking lot. Several of the bottles began spraying everywhere and covered me in beer. "Perfect end to the trip", I thought. As we headed out of the parking lot, we had to navigate around a truck that had just pulled in with an obnoxious light bar blinding us. And then the lights turned red and blue because it was a cop. And that was naturally awesome since I was covered in beer and, according to other signs that were posted, there was no overnight camping allowed (which must be a new thing because I've actually camped there before). "An even more perfect end to the trip" I now thought and figured we'd be delayed and harassed. The cop asks us if we're Sublunar Johnson and Microwave and we reply in the affirmative (and this is when I realized my wife was going to kill me). He tells us that he was sent to look for us and had we not been in the truck when he arrived he would have called in the search and rescue team. He was surprised we made it all the way there and back in a day and at this point, so were we. </p>
<P>It was now 1am before I finally got to lay down in bed back at the hotel and if I fell asleep immediately, I'd only get a maximum 3 hours sleep before the 4am alarm clocks would ruin my day and force me onto the next phase of this brutal expedition which consisted of a very rushed, sore and miserably exhausted departure from the mystical lands of Colorado. Now back home and nearer to sea level, I am about as sore as I've ever been while typing out this dumbass report of our dumbass trip to the Skaguay Power Plant. Here's the thing. I keep myself in generally good shape so as to always be prepared for things like this and I exercise just about every day but this experience absolutely kicked my ass. Colorado doesn't fuck around. I'm immensely glad that I finally got to check this one off the list and I couldn't be happier that it's all behind me now and that we made it back without any serious issues. </P>
<p>Whatever you do, don't underestimate the Skaguay Power Plant and the Colorado wilderness that separates you from it. We did it in one day proving only that we are dumb. But we also proved to ourselves that we are perhaps too dumb to be stopped. Or something. This wasn't our first rodeo and I don't expect it to be our last but it was definitely the hardest yet. </p>
<p>At the very end of this post is the one picture I took along the trail on the way out as the last shred of daylight faded away. I did have a gopro running for the first ~1/2 of the hike so I'll have some footage of the easier parts of the trail included in the video, but I gave up recording eventually because of how hard the going was getting. I wish I had thought to turn it on for the night time portion of the trip, but I was kind of busy trying not to like die and stuff. </p>
<h2>Begin Historic Photos</h2>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay7.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img class="historic" alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay7.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay4.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay4.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay2.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay2.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay3.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img class="historic-1000" alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay3.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Interior Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay5.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay5.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Group Photo Pipeline Completion circa 1899</figcaption></figure></p>
<p><a href="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay1.webp" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><figure id="caption"><img alt="Skaguay Power Plant Historic Photos" src="https://sublunarphoto.com/visual/skaguay/skaguay1.webp" /></a><figcaption>Skaguay Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Pipeline Photo</figcaption></figure></p>
<h2>End Historic Photos</h2>
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<p>We stopped here and rested as the daylight was nearly gone but we still had a ways to go before the end. It was the only point on the return trip that I bothered with a camera at all because I was too exhausted to care. </p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-34087721693559390702021-09-09T09:14:00.013-05:002024-02-19T18:34:25.183-06:00Colorado Gold Mines <p>The area in which these mines reside is one of the most significant locations in Colorado in terms of gold deposits, having helped spur the gold rush of 1859. Within two months of the first reports of gold discovered here, 10,000 people had moved into town. All the veins in the region were initially easy to mine as they were already oxidized and decomposed at the surface and as a result the gold output here surpassed that of all other mining districts in Colorado combined, up until the 1880s, and 100 years later it still ranked second highest overall in terms of gold production. There were also substantial amounts of silver, lead, copper and zinc mined here. In the 100 years spanning 1859 to 1959 this county produced roughly 4,255,000 ounces of gold which would be worth $7.2 Billion today. And much of that gold came from the the very mines I explored and photographed here.</p>
<p>Click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adjySDGDN8U">here</a> for the video.</p>
<p>Long after the remaining gold and other resources became increasingly diffcult and costly to extract, a sudden interest in uranium in the mid 1950's briefly revived some mining operations in the area. From the late 1950's onward, however, mining had mostly ceased which led to a rapid population decline resulting in the near complete exodus of several nearby towns leading to their current status as ghost towns. </p>
<p>Early stamp mills (which crushed the gold containing rock and then used mercury to separate the gold from the ore) by some accounts saved only ~1/4 of the gold from the ore and wasted all the other metals therein while smelters used other chemicals along with intense heat generated by burning coal to burn off sulfides that needed to be removed from the ore. This all produced large amounts of pollution which contaminanted the environment with mercury, arsenic and coal ash, let alone the ecological impact of stripping the hills of their trees for lumber to build mines and housing as well as the large pits and cavities the drilling operations left behind. One problem in particular facing deep subsurface mines is the fact that when the ore located deep underground, which is still rich in sulfides, is exposed to oxygen, the sulfides in the rock break down into sulfuric acid which then dissolves the metals and leaks out into the waterways. Due to the massive environmental impact early mining had on this county in particular, much of the area that was heavily mined is now considered an EPA superfund site. </p>
<p>The mines presented below represent some of the earliest and most prominent such mines not only in this county but in all of Colorado mining history. While they certainly contributed to the destruction of the environment from which they profited, they also represent the blood sweat and tears of the working people upon whose backs and by whose hands untold riches were dug up and hauled out of the ground some 150 years ago. Great cities rose pracitcally overnight and many fell just as quickly as a result of these dwindling relics of 19th and early 20th century industry. Now these crumbling shells of once massive mining operations and the scars which they inflicted upon the earth simply lie discarded by the small numbers of wealthy businessmen who ravaged the hillsides when it was profitable and disappeared overnight when it was no longer feasible to make money here. I am simultaneously in awe of the history of these industrial relics and saddened by the amount of damage the business owners and other wealthy investors wrought upon the very environment which contributed to their financial successes.</p>
<!-- <p>I started my search in this area rather accidentally when I was researching new Colorado towns I hadn't yet been to for an upcoming trip I was planning. Working with very limited time, I quickly visited the most prominent locations that I had mapped out in no particular order except that which appeared to have the most remaining structures/surface features to see and experience within the small window I had available. I otherwise didn't really know what to expect. This turned out to be a very rewarding experience as I happened upon some of the most interesting and historic mines the area has to offer. I basically did it all in one go, busting my ass up and down the hillsides trying to stay well concealed in the woods while avoiding the easier but more exposed terrain. Colorado is significantly more difficult to navigate than the terrain I'm used to in Missouri and naturally I ran out of water early on but I didn't stop until the sun was almost below the horizon. As I was making my way back towards the car, I encountered more than one vehicle that was now parked right up against some of these structures I had just visited earlier out in the middle of the woods. They were not there when I had first walked by. I heard no voices nor indications as to what they might be doing but out of caution that it may be some sort of authority firgure, I turned the other way and took a more circtuitious route back. For all I know it could have been a few people seeking out temporary lodging for the night. </p> -->
<!-- <P>As of the time of this writing, I've decided to not specify the names of these mines. The reason for this is that some idiots have recently been vandalizing these and others in the area. Knowing that such idiots rarely do their own research and instead rely on others to spoon feed them names and locations, I've decided to leave that information out of this post. Discerning viewers can figure out what these locations are if they're so inclined but I'm currently of the mindset that I'd rather leave this one step out of the process. This will undoubtedly cause butthurt among the less resourceful members of the (imaginary) viewing audience, but that's the beauty of this, you see; I do what I love, and I risk my health/safety/life/time (for free) and I bring back whatever photos and stories I've made along the way, sharing only that which I feel like sharing. This blog has been made possible entirely through the hard work and determination of myself and the very small group of people with whom I go adventuring. For the content posted here, I answer to no-one. Anyone, therefore, who thinks I owe them specific location information/coordinates, either here or anywhere else, is hilariously mistaken. </P> -->
<h2>Colorado Gold Mine #1</h2>
<p>The first mine here was especially awesome. There was an old engine visible on the hill and as I got closer I realized the large pile behind it was situated above one of the partially collapsed entrances with the main pit still higher up the hillside. This was originally a large number of smaller independent mines but was later organized to a single gigantic entity. There wasn't much left of what I assume is the grinder or the ore loading buildings, but what was left was old as hell and thus pretty damn cool. To me, this is the kind of stuff that makes an entire trip worthwhile. </p>
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<h2>Colorado Gold Mine #2</h2>
<p>The second mine here is a large mill which was built much later than the above. It was originally advertised as being able to process 10,000 tons of ore per day. The property this sits on is currently active and mining operations were in full swing at the time of my visit.</p>
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<h2>Colorado Gold Mine #3</h2>
<p>This is one of the 1859 era mines that is now just barely standing today.</p>
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<h2>Colorado Gold Mine #4</h2>
<p>This mine operated from the 1860's until the 1930s and was one of the best producing mines in the area.</p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-79509665454079257562021-08-24T10:23:00.006-05:002024-02-27T19:21:41.837-06:00St. Elmo Colorado<p>St. Elmo colorado was originally named Forest City but supposedly they were denied the rights to the name by the post office because there was already a Forest City in California. I have my doubts as to the truth of this story, however, since there's a lot of towns across the country with the same name but that's the story. Either way, it was renamed to St. Elmo in 1880 having been named after a novel published by Augusta Jane Evans in 1866 which was very popular at the time. Less than 6 months after its founding, the town boasted two sawmills, a smelter and concentrator, 3 hotels and 5 restaurants. St. Elmo quickly reached its highest ever population of around 2,000 inhabitants about a year after it was founded and by the 1890's, it had its own telegraph office, general store, newspaper office and school house along with several more hotels, saloons and dance halls along with a drug store, meat market, firehouse and several banks. In 1880, the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad laid track into town and beyond, eventually constructing the 1,845' Alpine Tunnel through the Continental Divide just southwest of town. At one point there were 150 patented mine claims in the area but most of the wealth came from the Mary Murphy Mine.</p>
<p>The Mary Murphy Mine operated continuously from 1870 to 1925 and produced roughly 220,000 ounces of gold which would be worth over $392 Million today. The mine extracted on average 70-100 tons of gold and silver ore each day and employed more than 250 men at its peak. Evidently, the mine was named after the wife of one of a pair of Murphy brothers who were prospectors at the time and who discovered gold here. Johnny Murphy left his brother in charge of both prospects while he went back East for his wife Mary. Evidently, the brother left behind got drunk and lost the prospects through some deal that had gone bad. When Johnny returned, he found his brother lying in a back room of a saloon having been stabbed and beaten and without ownership of the prospects. Mary Murphy herself was last known to be washing dishes in a Pueblo Hotel while her namesake mine made lots of other people rich. </p>
<p>Eventually the remaining ore became more difficult and costly to mine and in 1890 a fire destroyed much of the main street businesses. By 1891, the population dwindled to 500 residents and the repeal of the Silver Act in 1893 caused the price of silver to plummet, leaving even the best producing mines unprofitable and subsequently abandoned. By 1910, the Alpine Tunnel was abandoned and trains stopped arriving to St. Elmo altogther by 1922. The Mary Murphy mine closed in 1936 and by 1943, St. Elmo only had two full-time residents which were the siblings Annabelle and Tony Stark relatives of the Stark Bros who ran the Stark Bros Store which remains today as one of the most prominent buildings in town. Finally, postal service ceased in 1952 following the death of the postmaster. Since then, ownership of much of the town has been willed down generations to the current owner who has managed to preserve many of the original buildings that remain today.</p>
<p>St. Elmo is the most easily accessed/most complete/most photographed of all the Colorado ghost towns. I am normally averse to the more well known/touristy locations but I had the opportunity to rent a room at the "Ghost Town Guest House" recently so I thought there may be no better place to stay the night than in a ghost town, even if it's something of a tourist trap. Having done so, I can confirm that this was an excellent choice. The Ghost Town Guest House is the nicest B&B I've ever stayed at and I've never eaten better on any trip/vacation than here. Kudos to the proprietors of this establishment.</p>
<p>These days, the Ghost Town of St. Elmo is quite heavily secured/monitored by video cameras. Only a couple of the buildings are opened during the day and don't offer much to see of interest inside of them anyway. With the buildings being so old and fragile and the rather high security in place (for a ghost town anyway), I didn't bother trying to coax unapproved entry by the usual means. Furthermore, I happened to encounter the lady who apparently owns most of this town (and who acts like she owns more still) and she was not a very pleasant person to have even a casual conversation with so I didn't bother trying to ask about getting any sort of tour inside the buildings because I refuse to suck up to a crotchety self-important caretaker just to get a couple extra photos of the place they happened to inherit regardless of how well they've managed to maintain/restore the site. Besides, I had plenty of other stuff up my sleeves for later on in this trip... Instead, I satisfied my adventuritis in St. Elmo, after seeing what the town itself had to offer, by exploring all the nearby points of interest I could make it to which most other tourists don't bother venturing to while out here. This involved a fair amount of hiking and a long drive down a rough/gravel 4x4 road. Stops included the Mary Murphy Mine Tram Building as well as the Allie Belle Mine. Then there was the "Ghost House" hidden in the woods along with a long forgotten mine up on the hill a ways from the Ghost House. Overall, it was worth the trip/overnight stay out here, even if it was rather touristy and mostly locked up. There was more I could have seen and done on the mountain and in the valleys, but there's only so much time in a day. The Guest House alone provided better accomodations than most you'll find elsewhere and the proprietors were amazing hosts. Having said that I don't think I'd bother taking a day trip out here to fight over crowded parking spots with the thousands of other tourists who visit daily, though, as it gets pretty crowded from mid morning through late afternoon and the most interesting buildings are locked up tight anyways. I decided to try shooting the place by night just to provide a different perspective of St. Elmo than the countless photos already existing online have to show. Being out here alone at night was a worthwhile experience at least. </p>
<p>Sources:<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://www.coloradoghosttowns.com/marymurphy-mine.htm">1</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/st-elmo">2</a> </p>
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<h2>The Ghost House</h2>
<p>The Ghost House is a lesser known St. Elmo structure hiding up in the wooded hills above town. Being isolated does give it some slightly spooky vibes, I guess, but supposedly there was actually someone by that last name who either lived here or provided funding for the house to be built. If you look closely, you can see that the roof is made of various food tins and assorted scrap metals. Just behind the house lie the ruins of a rough log cabin whose purpose or original owner are long forgotten. </p>
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<h2>The Hidden Mine</h2>
<p>The Hidden Mine is another of the lesser known St. Elmo sights and sits on a hill overlooking the valley. It has been thoroughly sealed up but you can still peek into the main tunnel. </p>
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<h2>Mary Murphy/Allie Belle Mine Structures/etc</h2>
<p>These structures were visible in satellite imagery so I wanted to check them out but I found that there's not much left of them at all. Only a tiny cabin and one larger cabin remain standing (just barely) and the ore loading building which had been famously lopsided for years seems to have finally collapsed just recently. The tram building further up the mountain appears to have a new roof and walls installed recently. Nearby is what I assume is one of the original entrances to the Mary Murphy mine. I have however learned that the mine itself was permanently sealed by the EPA about 5-10 years ago due to chemicals leaking into the nearby waterways and killing scores of wildlife. There appear to be additional structures on top of the mountain but I couldn't justify the time/hike on this trip. Maybe next time. Then again, considering the dangers inherent to exploring abandoned ~150 year old wooden framed mines with shafts extending over 1,000 feet straight down.. maybe not. </p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-30266399947940534142021-04-21T10:19:00.012-05:002024-02-09T10:54:54.638-06:00Underground Float Trip From Hell<p>The Falstaff Brewery has been a forgotten fixture of Saint Louis for a long, long time now. I love it dearly. Unfortunately each time I return it's clear that it has continued to slip further and further into the point of no return. As one of the most historic/oldest breweries in the area, it's a damn shame. Falstaff deserves to be resurrected to its former status as a world famous brewery pumping out Saint Louis' finest ales.</p>
<p>For the video, click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUKpXwyiF_E">here</a>.</p>
<p>Having explored the extent of the above ground sections over the years I realized a few years ago that I never truly satisfied the requirements I put on myself. I never ventured into the deepest darkest parts. The scary flooded shit in the basement at the bottom of a very rickety set of rotten wooden stairs. In my opinion: truly exploring something involves checking every nook and cranny, getting dirty and spending a lot of time mapping things out and most importantly: leaving no unsolved mysteries behind. </p>
<p>The extent of the flooded cellars at Falstaff, however, remained an unsolved mystery-at least for myself and those with whom I associate. And this to me is unacceptable. To be clear: I don't claim to be the first to wade or raft it or cross the quickly deteriorating stairs. But we didn't know anyone who had been to the underneath and returned to tell the tale. This created a burning anxious sensation in my gut as the realization set in that I'd have to go down there and see for myself once and for all before it's too late. </p>
<p>Here's the thing. There isn't much that freaks me out. I've gotten over the anxiety of heights through repeated exposure and just forcing myself through it. But partially submerged spooky ass cellars with who knows what dangers lurking in the darkness? That shit still freaks me out a little bit and I'm not entirely sure why (aside from the actual dangers involved such as drowning/etc). Apparently this anxiety has a name. It's called "Submechanophobia". But I also suffer from "Unsolvedmysteryphobia" as well as a severe case of "Adventuritis". </p>
<p>So in the interest of leaving no stone unturned and fully solving the mystery of the flooded cellars and, to a lesser extent, confronting my own fear/phobia/whatever it is, we prepared to head down into the darkness. </p>
<p>The last time I was here the staircase still stood albeit even sketchier than ever. But this time the old wooden staircase (which was situated directly above one of the flooded chambers) had rotted away completely. Only one extremely rotten side support rail remained and was ready to snap at the slightest pressure. So to get down here we had to perform a "staircase reconstruction project" which consisted of a couple of separate trips wherein I worked on "rebuilding the staircase". The new "staircase" now consists primarily of an old wooden ladder (missing a step), rotten remnants of the previously failed stair components and assorted junk we found and relocated from elsewhere onsite. The floor of the chamber beneath the new "staircase" has also partially rotted away revealing a deeper section beneath the cellars as we know them. If the staitcase fails, this is what you'll fall into. This section is inaccessible by raft (and extremely dangerous in waders) so we didn't go into it on this trip/video. Its entrance is just to the right of the rusty "ladder" that got us down into the water. The only way to truly explore this last small flooded room and whatever lies below the rotten floor is to bring scuba gear and I ain't got none (yet). If/when I do get some then as long as Falstaff is still standing I'll come back and scuba that shit. </p>
<p>The last and most important chamber features a naturally formed sediment floor and in the far corner is where you'll find the source of most of the water: a small natural spring. This spring is the reason this site was chosen for a brewery after all. In reality this little spring is the whole reason Falstaff even exists. </p>
<p> <!--The last time I went down here I waded into the water directly. Wearing chest high waders, the water was about an inch below the top of them. Moving too quickly meant getting ice cold water down my pants. By the end, I was soaked. I was able to explore all but one section that was too deep. My comrade found a floatie and ventured to the deep section and lived to tell the tale. This time, I wanted to see <i>all of it</i>,-->I acquired a sea worthy vessel, some good comrades and went down below to confront one of the things that freak me out the most. <!-- This post will be a combination of photos I took when wading and those I recently captured while floating. This time, since I was vulnerably floating on *top of* the water this meant any of the stuff I tripped over/ran into/got tangled up in last time could easily puncture my boat and leave me to swim or walk my way back to the ladder without the benefit of thick waterproof waders which in a way made it worse. --> This experience was equally fun and adventerous as much as it was terrifying and exhausting. I now present the Underground Float Trip From Hell.</p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-91890372106907190502021-02-16T09:08:00.013-06:002023-11-17T19:23:00.376-06:00The Aluminum Foundry<p>This Aluminum Foundry was constructed in Saint Louis in 1970 and closed down in 2018. Shortly before it was demolished we found ourselves inside and had the opportunity to inspect their kickass robots in person. </p>
<p>I was aware of this site while it was still fully operational but I had a feeling it would close down sooner than later. So I kept my eye on it and drove by every so often just in case. Eventually closure was announced, people came and went, the big sign out front was removed and things got interesting. </p>
<p>For the video, click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://youtu.be/nT6YuTyRhak">here</a>.
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-65984016053961350562021-02-08T14:08:00.053-06:002023-03-22T10:36:25.389-05:00The Old Lead Mine and Mill <p>The old Missouri lead mine is a site of local significance, especially as it pertains to the history of the area. It was built in the early 1900's and was retired in the early 1970's at which point the land was donated and converted to a park. </p>
<p>Click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSkytcBkyGc">here</a> for the video.
<p><b>DISCLAIMER</b>: For legal reasons I must insist that you DO NOT ATTEMPT to explore this site. It is more difficult than it appears at first glance. For starters, I think someone might actually live here. Much to my surprise, there are strategically placed alarms, hidden vehicles/etc, and personnell are onsite at odd days/hours when not expected to be.. </p>
<p>This location has been the object of my interest for a long, long time, so I did some homework. One aspect of this research was scheduling an onsite visit as a typical tourist where I saw and learned all that I could onsite, within the unreasonably strict legal boundaries they've implemented here. I spoke to the people onsite who seemed to almost brag about the fact that "nobody gets permission" to explore it. Even Ford Motor Company was denied the right to access the site for a commercial once upon a time. I was told "You can try to ask for permission but there's so much red tape you can just count on it not happening". If you decide to visit this location, you are granted access inside of ONE building-as long as you pay for the privilege: The former powerplant was converted into a museum and bears absolutely no resemblance to its original interior. Inside, it could be any other boring mid-century square brick building. The displays themselves are pretty decent, if you're a rock nerd and to a lesser extent a history dweeb (things which I am admittedly guilty of being from time to time). Many of the displays however, while interesting, don't even pertain to this site and what was mined here(!). Outside, you can peek in approximately one window and one doorway of the main plant building opposite the museum. You are allowed to walk from there, <i>in a straight line</i>, down to the end of the row of buildings. THAT'S IT. If you try to see more of this PUBLIC park which is maintained by <b>our tax dollars</b>, you are obviously a no-good filthy godddamned criminal!* (*they didn't actually say this last part, I'm just paraphrasing their stated rules here with some artistic license added). </p>
<p>Cool.</p>
<p>Ironically, as you leave the site, you are greeted with a big sign saying: "You are always welcome in [REDACTED]". So in the making of this adventure I took these parting words to heart, despite what the people onsite had to say about it. Those people were probably misinformed anyway. They had to be! It's right there on the sign, after all: We are "always welcome". Good to know. It was all just a misunderstanding. I'll be back.</p>
<p>I'm going to sound like a condescending know-it-all-from-the-internet, but bear with me because it's for a good cause. </p>
<p>As a condescending know-it-all-douchebag-from-the-internet, and someone who has spent a considerable portion of my life researching/exploring/touring unique/interesting/historic/abandoned locations, I find the management of the remaining structures on this site to be entirely counter productive and illogical. I was told that <b>they have been going to a lot of effort lately to keep people out</b>. That's correct. <b>They actively do <b>not</b> want to accept money/bribes to give tours of the site. Money that could go to the stabilization/preservation of the structures that are basically the only reason to visit this place</b>. Apparently some idiot had recently posted a video of himself to the internet hopping the fence and climbing the headframe using the mine's real name. As a result, the town council got involved and pressured management into taking greater precautions to prevent such situations. Keep in mind this place is a PARK. It is implied that you are SUPPOSED to come out and look at it. Except.. once you get there, you quickly realize you are only allowed to <b>look from a distance.</b> What kind of shit is that? </p>
<p> If you were to step inside any of the buildings, you might think the buildings had been abandoned for several decades. Aside from some roof repairs, I personally don't see evidence of <i>any</i> sort of restorative/stabilizing efforts inside of <i>any</i> of the buildings. With the exception of one wall of window panes in one small section. There's trash and debris scattered all around the floors of all levels of all buildings. Most of the windows on all buildings are missing. Which makes me wonder what the money is going to here. Yes, the museum took lots of planning and sourcing of exhibits (and destruction of the original power plant for a new/modern/painfully bland interior space which says almost nothing about its original purpose). There's also a couple interesting pieces of history sitting inside that main mill building. But haven't these things been in place for some ~40 years now? Except for going inside the museum, you'd get roughly the same experience driving by it on the highway as you do actually getting out of your car here.</p>
<p>There are lots of examples spread all across the United States of successful versions of what is being failed at here. For the purposes of this rambling and incoherent rant, as well as my own narcissistic desire for self-promotion, I will only cite the most prominent examples that I have personally visited and which thus have their own entries on this blog. <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2010/08/alcatraz.html">Alcatraz Prison</a>, <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2014/12/sloss-furnaces.html">Sloss Furnaces</a>, <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2013/08/msp.html">Missouri State Penitentiary</a>, <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2016/07/wyoming-state-penitentiary.html">Wyoming State Penitentiary</a>, <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2014/05/goldenrod-showboat.html">The Goldenrod Showboat</a> and last but certainly not least: <a target="_BLANK" href="https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2012/12/2012-12-8a.html">Joliet Prison</a> which was made famous as the "Blues Brothers" prison. Keep in mind those are just the ones I've personally visited. At this point we've established that there are countless examples of what could be done here, but curiously <i>isn't</i> being done here. </p>
<p>The reality is, that as an outside observer/condescending-know-it-all-douchebag-from-the-internet, it seems clear to me that the insistent refusal of this site's management to open it up to all those adventurous tax paying members of society like myself who want to see it but aren't allowed to means <b>people are going to continue to trespass (or attempt to do so) here BECAUSE they want to see it but are refused <i>even the most basic</i> of safely roped off guided tours</b>. If they never allow people to see it, then the obvious conclusion is that they are going to be stuck fighting an unending battle wasting time and money to keep people out. What's the point of all that? What I propose is to legalize the exploration of this site, regulate and tax it. What could be more American? </p>
<p><b>The excuses we've been told simply don't add up</b>. So in the interest of having a productive conversation I've taken this argument to its logcal conclusion and written a detailed plan on specifically how to accomplish what I (and basically everyone who has ever been out here) thinks should be done instead.</p>
<p><b>"How to make money, waste less time and begin stabilizing these buildings"</b>. Start offering guided walking tours every 1-2 hours as demands dictate. Charge something reasonable like $7.00 - 100.00 per adult, $2.50 for kids (with an age cut-off, let's say no-one under 10 years old. Because kids are dumb.). Limit manageable tour groups of ~10 persons max per tour. Relevant tour areas roped off. Tours start at the front door of the main building across from the museum. Guide the herds of tourists down to the end and back along the other side of the displays in that room. Head to the stairs on the far end of the building and go up to the room where the foam baths removed ore from water. Then lead them back down the stairs, out the back door and walk along the path next to the water tower down towards the headframe. Then up and out and return back to the main office. That's it. One simple solution to a variety of problems here. Specifically: "Lack of funds" and "trespassers". Done and done. You're welcome. </p>
<p>These events may or may not have ever occurred and I may or may not actually exist. These are just words and pictures on a computer therefore they could be digitally manipulated to seem real. In fact, some might say that I have a body double that I pay (with cryptocurrency [specifically Dogecoin]) whom I've never met that does stupid things like this for me. It's entirely likely that I've never even been here. I mean, you never really know. You know?</p>
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SubLunarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552392516460270752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941332886649342100.post-35995878541328359972021-01-21T08:35:00.006-06:002023-03-22T10:37:59.360-05:00Concrete Ruins<p>The Concrete Ruins used to be part of a large mine. Aside from sorting raw material, it's difficult to say what exactly these structures once housed or what methods were used in sorting. There were large hoppers at the top of the tallest buildings which funneled material into lower parts of the structures, through holes in the floor and down a long slope. The existence of a large water basin along with channels in the floors from the top sorting station down the hill lead me to believe water was employed in funneling ore to different end points below. The building towards the base of the hill could have thus been a pump house and the one next to it may have been the hopper where the final product of this facility was loaded into trucks and hauled off.</p>
<p>This was an extremely chill spot. Despite it being completely gutted/bare concrete, it's the kind of place where I could enjoy just hanging out and vibing all day. Fire up a BBQ grill and listen to the wind and the woods. Damn, I miss summer...</p>
<p>Click <a target="_BLANK" href="https://youtu.be/HwZmDNvEYj0">here</a> for the video.</p>
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