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Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA, GA Remains of Estelle Mining Co. Works |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2014) |
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Crockford-Pigeon Mountain WMA, GA Remains of Estelle Mining Co. Works |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2014) |
| Estelle Iron Mines In the early 1900s, 225 folks were employed here, and the community of Estelle had 150 homes, along with schools, a church, commercial buildings, etc. Little remains now but foundations and ore loading bins from the mine works and 6 or 7 small gauge railroad tunnels through the mountain ridges, several of which are now collapsed. The Mining Company ceased operations in 1924. |
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| Ore Loading Bin 1 |
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| Piers leading to Ore Loading Bin |
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| Ore Loading Bin 1 |
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| Ore Bin |
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| Rock-fern on concrete pier |
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| Foundation for a track scale The scale here would have measured the weight of the rail car payloads. Thanks to John Stewart, from Hoover, AL, for the ID of this foundation! |
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| Ore Loading Bin 2 |
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| Ore Loading Bin 2 |
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| Ore Loading Bin 2 and Chute |
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| Row of Piers-Footings leading up the hill |
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| Unknown structures |
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| Continue on to Estelle Mining RR tunnels. |