Mine shaft on the right side of platform. Enthusiasts usually engage in such activities. The government records show two gypsum seams at the property, one at a depth of 21 Meters and another at 33 Meters.Ī built up loading dock leading up towards the mine shaft. Mine exploration is a hobby in which people visit abandoned mines, quarries, and sometimes operational mines. I was unable to locate any remains of the track, but I was told from a local resident that there is some concrete piers where the track crossed a small creek back in the bush, perhaps one day I will make it out to check them out. Ghost Towns of Washington is the most comprehensive site on the web sharing listings of ghost towns, historic mining sites, and other abandoned historic. According to the mine property owners and neighbors in the area there use to be a narrow gauge rail line to take the gypsum from the mine to a nearby train station. The main adit was driven in from the river bank at a 1 in 10 gradient and has long been buried and sealed up. You can view where the abandoned mine works are on the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) GeoIndex. During this time period over 110,000 tons of gypsum was mined at the site. The Department for the Economy now owns and monitors all abandoned mines. The Martindale gypsum mine started operation in 1846 and was closed in 1917. Some foundations near where I believe the adit once started.Ī piece of gypsum found in a pile at the potential adit location.Ī small broken piece of pipe near the gears. One of a few surviving relics at the site. Old gears on a foundation for a piece of machinery located close to where the adit might have started. Not sure how old this tire is.Odd construction. Narrow gauge rail track and old building foundation. Possible shafts or sinkholes above path of adit.įilled in air or mine shaft with the possible adit in line in the far background.Ī small piece of narrow gauge rail track hints at the mine that was once here. A pair of abandoned buildings near the old Monarch Mine. Possible path of old adit coming towards photographer. An amazing 'before' and 'after' photo of nature reclaiming the Virginia and Truckee Railroad between Virginia City and Reno, Nevada. There does appear to be an old buried adit that lines up with numerous sinkholes and a filled in air shaft a few hundred Meters away. The gypsum was mined at a depth of 15 Meters. According to the records around 20,000 Tons of gypsum was mined between 18. Frisco was a booming mining town for more than half a century. This site proved a bit hard to find, but after knocking on numerous doors I found some nice people who enjoyed talking about the old gypsum mine on their property.
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