Obligatory mines are dangerous, I'm not responsible if you get hurt or die doing this, etc. And here we go!
Mine #1 This one has two entrances, with the lower one flooded to at least waist height. We're not equipped for that yet, so it's on the list to come back to.
The upper entrance, however...
1. A rather uneasy entrance
2. And thwarted by the water...
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Mine #2 This is the one near the ghost town. Never been here before personally, and wasn't expecting much based on Brind's comments about ice. How wrong I was.
4. So, I nearly walked into the winze due to the murky water, not putting two and two together that the ore bucket was for a winze...
5. The murky water did not like being disturbed. Stirring it up caused semi-bad pockets of air to surface
6. Collapsed raises are no obstacle!
Mine #3 I've only been here twice before; the first time we found a stope but couldn't get in, and the second time we got into the top ledge of that stope. This time we found an adit which connects into the massive stope area.
Even then, we've only scratched the surface at this mine, since it also connects into a capped shaft at the main facilities, and we never did find the shaft when we were down there.
7. I wish the rope was in better condition so we could actually go up. As it was... no.
8. Breccia everywhere!
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10. Those are some impressive balls
11. Even more breccia!
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13. This doesn't even being to capture the scale of the stope. It tries, but fails to succeed
14. "Is that... dynamite?"
15. It's August, and the ice was still at least two inches thick in the majority of places.
16. The flooded decline is so tempting...