One day we took a tour of an old copper mill. It is being maintained by the National Park Services in a state of "arrested decay". The area where we were staying was very rich in copper ore. The mill was built in the 1920s and it was a booming town there. There was even a hospital and a one room school. The building was about twelve stories high. We hiked to the top and began our tour descending all the way down. It was someone's job to hit the ore chunks with a sledge hammer to break it up into smaller pieces. Eventually small it was put on a float table with water to separate it. The whole process was very efficient and impressive that so much manufacturing could have been done so long ago. They even built a railroad to move the ore. We were surprised that tours could be conducted given the state of the building with steep stairs and abandoned equipment. It was very interesting.
One day we took a tour of an old copper mill. It is being maintained by the National Park Services in a state of "arrested decay". The area where we were staying was very rich in copper ore. The mill was built in the 1920s and it was a booming town there. There was even a hospital and a one room school. The building was about twelve stories high. We hiked to the top and began our tour descending all the way down. It was someone's job to hit the ore chunks with a sledge hammer to break it up into smaller pieces. Eventually small it was put on a float table with water to separate it. The whole process was very efficient and impressive that so much manufacturing could have been done so long ago. They even built a railroad to move the ore. We were surprised that tours could be conducted given the state of the building with steep stairs and abandoned equipment. It was very interesting.
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