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This photo to me feels like it's trying to make you go inside.

That'd be overwhelming when you're in there.

I'd be interested to sit down and read a bit.

I bet you're tired of hearing this, but man... This reminds me of silent hill.

Reminds me of Alice in Wonderland, with the Queen Of Hearts.

One of your best pictures, sir! I would absolutely LOVE to see this as a wallpaper!

There are 3 types of shafts in American Shaft Mines. One for personel and supplies to enter the mine and exit, one to bring the coal to the surface, called a Skip Shaft, and one for Ventilation Exhaust fan. Large mines that have been running for several years have a number of Ventilation Shafts at different locations, and sometimes, Portal Shafts for miners to enter and exit near the working faces..

I would love to see a map of the interior of those old mines.

Conveyor Belt.. I worked in several coal mines over an 11 year period. I never worked in a shaft mine though, only drift mines that enter the coal seam from the side of a mountain on a horizontal plane. My coal minning career came to an abrupt end in March, 1982 when my back was broken in a mine roof fall. I have been in a wheelchair since. I loved working in coal mines. It is addictive.

This is my absolute favorite location and favorite photo on this site(forgive me if i have said other photos were this time I do mean it). This photo reminds me of when I would walk to school on a brisk Massachusetts morning. Breathtaking!

is this place haunted if so can we arrange a visit .

I must agree that it is to the outsider, who may have a distorted picture of how these facilities functioned, that everything becomes like a horror story. Some lack respect. I am an Autopsy technician, and think it it best to leave these places
alone because of respect as much as potential hazard. The same reason we are very particular about who we let into the morgue area while we are working. I have invited some, but had to throw others out. Above all, be
careful. And save a prayer for the mourners...

Please remember that these places are highly contagious. You ARE bound to get in touch with active TBC, Cholera etc. These organisms live
a very long time in places like this. Wear protective clothing, gloves and DON'T EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING afterwards without washing your hands VERY carefully. CJD is a disease that can taqke 15 years to show symptoms. and it is easy to think everything went well...
until you suddenly get sick. Formalin causes cancer...Not safe. Read the signs, please.

Again, this container seems so modern, just like the ones we use today. Many details do. It is nothing but the obvious deterioration that says it wasn't used a year ago.

shame it had to be demolished..

Yes the bleach is used for cleaning sufaces; formalin is a chemical you don't want to use outside the corpse more than you have to.