Houghton Mine - 900 level ore chute & manway
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The Houghton Mine is an abandoned gold mine w/ plenty of fascinating & forgotten history.This view is within the 900 level showing an ore chute & manway, this is directly above a raise/winze that one can go down to the 1000 level. Directly above the raise has collapsed signicantly & there is a breakdown spot about 50 feet up. This vertical tunnel ultimately goes up to the 700 level. An ore chute is right nearby as well as two different directions w/ ore cart rail tracks.After four solo trips spent exploring & photographing this complex mine that contain roughly two miles of underground workings on six different levels, I have concluded the following:500 Level: Inaccessible600 Level: Inaccessible700 Level: Mostly Inaccessible800 Level: Accessible900 Level: Mostly Accessible1000 Level: Mostly AccessibleA few mining terms:Adit A horizontal passage leading into the mine, not to be confused w/ a "tunnel", which would have an opening out the other side. Adits are sloped slightly upwards to allow for drainage of groundwater.Crosscut A horizontal opening that does not run along the vein. Typically a shaft will lead to crosscuts at each level that give access to drifts along the vein. Crosscuts typically run straight as an arrow through worthless rock.Drift A horizontal opening that runs along the vein. Typically there are many ore chutes from stopes above, and the drift will wander to follow the vein.Level If you follow a ladder down a shaft, you will arrive at horizontal workings every 100 feet or so, and these are called levels. The levels have a station near the shaft, and are named by the distance down the shaft.Manway Any kind of passage with a ladder in it could be called a manway. Shafts are divided into "compartments" and one of these is very often a manway. Sometimes the manway of a shaft is crowded with pipes and cables and such.Ore chute A "spout" built of wood used to load broken rock from above into waiting ore bins.Raise A raise is like a sha