Glad you are here this Friday! As you see in the title, this post is going to refer to the Mollie Kathleen Mine. As I wasn’t able to write yesterday, and since there has been a terrible tragedy at the mine before I could get my writing in order, I’m only featuring one photo of the mine interior. I feel like there needs to be some respect given at this time and I can’t imagine anyone in disagreement here. So to get started, here is a link to The Gazette which hales from Colorado Springs. You can read about the sad incident if you wish to know more. To sum it up, an employee was killed in the mine, but not by any collapse. All of the other people, 23 of them, were rescued with no injuries. My sincerest condolences to the victim’s family and friends.
The photo above is of the 3 amigos who vacationed in Colorado last August. My youngest daughter, in the Archers hoodie, graciously donated the photos in today’s blog. Currently pretty thankful that they were not present for the event yesterday. The gallery of photos to follow are of a train car to tour as it would have looked back in the day, but used as an interactible, walk-thru-type of museum. It was directly behind the location to buy your underground mine tour tickets. It would seem like a cool place to put mining photos from gold rush years. But Kirsten said, unfortunately, there were none.
Love the view of the old shaft mine overlooking the current surface mine. Bonus are the inaccessible doorways. Hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s Thursday Doors offerings and will head on over to Dan’s @NoFacilities for plenty of accessible entries in his weekly challenge.
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I’m very sorry to learn about the accident. I appreciate your discretion in sharing only one photo. I am sorry for the injured and the family of the person who died. The other photos are great. It looks like a great place to tour, but I’m sure I’d have second thoughts now.
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I would be very hesitant too. Thanks for your thoughts.
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When I saw the subject of your post, I hesitated. I knew of the mine because of the week’s news. Nothing and nobody could get me to go anywhere like that. I want no part of it. So the stories this week about the fatality and about those trapped were the stuff of nightmares as far as I was concerned. The photos above ground with that beautiful sky are a huge contrast to the underground life those miners lived. I am, as ever, impressed by Banjo Humor, a whole new genre for me!
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Thank you for sharing! I have a hard time with water but wouldn’t have given a second thought to the mine tour. It’s certainly a terrible thing for the family to lose their loved one in that way. And I have to wonder when the banjo stigma started?? lol I’m a little rebellious so enjoy the humor haha
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So tragic what happened there this past week. I currently live in Colorado and would never go into a mine. Remnants of mines are scattered all over the place and they are very, very unstable. But the accident with this one was with the elevator.
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I guess the conversations taking place now give more awareness. The one positive from it. Thanks for your thoughts.
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