OT mining equipment question for Skip (PICS) *LINK*
| June 02, 2004 06:06PM |
>Rick,
>You are correct - nothing has been done down >there. The Mill was supposed to be finished and
>used to explain the ore-milling process. To >date the building is locked up as it was so >many years ago. Several historic pieces of >mining machinery are still sitting out in the >weather, rusting.
>As a former miner and "somewhat mining >historian," I think it's a shame.
>Skip
Skip;
This is way off topic, but as a "somewhat mining historian"; perhaps you can verify the identity of some equipment from the museum that was sent to me.
Is this the steam driven compressor I have heard about:
... and is this a two cylinder steam pump:
Thank you in advance. Both photos are by Matt Ritchie; they also illustrate what you meant about being allowed to rust in the open.
-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a
>You are correct - nothing has been done down >there. The Mill was supposed to be finished and
>used to explain the ore-milling process. To >date the building is locked up as it was so >many years ago. Several historic pieces of >mining machinery are still sitting out in the >weather, rusting.
>As a former miner and "somewhat mining >historian," I think it's a shame.
>Skip
Skip;
This is way off topic, but as a "somewhat mining historian"; perhaps you can verify the identity of some equipment from the museum that was sent to me.
Is this the steam driven compressor I have heard about:
... and is this a two cylinder steam pump:
Thank you in advance. Both photos are by Matt Ritchie; they also illustrate what you meant about being allowed to rust in the open.
-James Hefner
Hebrews 10:20a
| Subject | Author | Posted |
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Rick Steele | June 01, 2004 08:46AM |
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Skip Luke | June 01, 2004 10:40AM |
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Rick Steele | June 01, 2004 11:07AM |
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James Hefner | June 02, 2004 06:06PM |
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Skip Luke | June 02, 2004 11:43PM |
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michael schlag | June 02, 2004 11:45PM |
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Skip Luke | June 03, 2004 12:03AM |
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James Hefner | June 03, 2004 04:07PM |
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Shane Schabow | June 01, 2004 02:54PM |
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Stephen Peck | June 01, 2004 03:39PM |
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Dick | June 01, 2004 06:01PM |
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