http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:19:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1034 Joe Dase Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:00:49 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1034 Way cool, that would make sense, the final hoist house for No. 2 Shaft is still standing, its on the Chassel Painsdale road, large brick building, used to have some heavy equipment around it. Copper Range used deflection sheaves to get the hoist ropes to the headframe. Way cool, that would make sense, the final hoist house for No. 2 Shaft is still standing, its on the Chassel Painsdale road, large brick building, used to have some heavy equipment around it. Copper Range used deflection sheaves to get the hoist ropes to the headframe.

]]> http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1033 explorer Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:25:39 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1033 Joe- My guess as to the identity of the smokestack comes from a 1909 insurance map for the mine that I have my hands on currently. The only structure shown in this location on that map was the "C" engine house. ( later I believe this shaft used a larger shared hoist out on the Chassel - Painesdale road.) Unlike the other hoists on the map, which are rectangular in shape, this hoist shows a distinct "tab" which could of been this smokestack. I suppose its possible that the original engine house was converted to a dedicated boiler building after the shaft began using the new hoist, or the original engine house had an attached boiler house... or something else entirely. Joe-
My guess as to the identity of the smokestack comes from a 1909 insurance map for the mine that I have my hands on currently. The only structure shown in this location on that map was the “C” engine house. ( later I believe this shaft used a larger shared hoist out on the Chassel - Painesdale road.) Unlike the other hoists on the map, which are rectangular in shape, this hoist shows a distinct “tab” which could of been this smokestack. I suppose its possible that the original engine house was converted to a dedicated boiler building after the shaft began using the new hoist, or the original engine house had an attached boiler house… or something else entirely.

]]> http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1032 Joe Dase Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:45:31 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/07/20/c-shaft/#comment-1032 The smokestack was to one of the boiler plants, I think this is the one that supplied the school with heat. As far as the shaft cap goes, Copper range vented all of their shafts a bit differently, and its well hidden and secured, they sued doors around the shaft caps and typically welded them shut, but they still allow a bit of trapped air to vent. No. 3 Shaft has a large vent elbow but this was a latter adition. The smokestack was to one of the boiler plants, I think this is the one that supplied the school with heat. As far as the shaft cap goes, Copper range vented all of their shafts a bit differently, and its well hidden and secured, they sued doors around the shaft caps and typically welded them shut, but they still allow a bit of trapped air to vent. No. 3 Shaft has a large vent elbow but this was a latter adition.

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