spudkota wrote:
Hmm this 1 is close to home , nice shot . My family has lived in and around Rochford for well over a 100 years and my Grandfather was the last care taker for the mine back in the 30's . There were fatality's at the mine as with most mines but the last 1 was in the 60's when some airmen from Ellsworth decided to investigate the shaft , unfortunately they trespassed and the rope they used was to short and 1 plunged to his death . There is still gold ore on the property but tends to be in high grade pockets which many mining ventures have tried to connect to make it a going concern but alas the bigger company's need to make millions to make it worth while . Just a side note there is local opposition to the current search ( not in my backyard attitude ) but nobody wants to live in a tepee . By this I mean your everyday lives depend on mining , there is gold in your computer , phones , camera's , Tv's , not to mention the foundations , nails , and the wiring of your homes are mining products and lets not forget the metal in all vehicle's that give us transportation , just something to think about .
Hmm this 1 is close to home , nice shot . My famil... (
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Growing up in the Black Hills, there were two things our parents warned us about. One was forest fires and the other was MINE HOLES. Being airmen from somewhere else, they didn't have that warning. I remember once when I was in high school we were exploring an old tunnel and one of the boys fell in a hole because we didn't have decent flashlights. Fortunately it wasn't very deep and we were able to get him out with a ladder we got from one of the kid's homes. Never told our parents and figured out why our parents had been warning us about old mines all those years. Never did that again. Fortunately, most of the dangerous abandoned mines have now been made in-accessible or filled in if it was an open hole.