Comments on: East Hancock http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/07/30/east-hancock/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ross Helmick http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/07/30/east-hancock/#comment-4929 Ross Helmick Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:55:53 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2451#comment-4929 This map also shows the original incline: http://www.geocities.com/rossnheather@sbcglobal.net/incline.html?1217879572812 This map also shows the original incline:
http://www.geocities.com/rossnheather@sbcglobal.net/incline.html?1217879572812

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/07/30/east-hancock/#comment-4927 explorer Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2451#comment-4927 No , the cog rail train runs down the hill to the east of the original incline. The original incline started just to the west of the where the Quincy Roundhouse is now. It ran straight down the hill and down into the ravine and out to the stamp mill on portage lake, which sat just to the north-west of where the Ramada Inn is now. (The sandstone building along the hillside behind the ramada is the old Pump House for the mill - it now is home to a motorsports dealer) To help illustrate I've included a map... <img src="http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/quincyincline.jpg"> No , the cog rail train runs down the hill to the east of the original incline. The original incline started just to the west of the where the Quincy Roundhouse is now. It ran straight down the hill and down into the ravine and out to the stamp mill on portage lake, which sat just to the north-west of where the Ramada Inn is now. (The sandstone building along the hillside behind the ramada is the old Pump House for the mill - it now is home to a motorsports dealer)

To help illustrate I’ve included a map…

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2008/07/30/east-hancock/#comment-4924 Jay Balliet Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:00:10 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=2451#comment-4924 Is the ravine that divided East Hancock the one that the cog rail tram uses on the Quincy Mine tour? Is the ravine that divided East Hancock the one that the cog rail tram uses on the Quincy Mine tour?

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