nospam@notreal.com wrote:

Any idea what the small wind turbine would be for in picture 51 004.
It looks out of place with all the rusted equipment in the area that
appears much older.

Based on that top section of Rohn tower, I'd guess that
fan has about 12 or 14 inch blades. Mounted very solidly, on
a concrete slab, which as you suggest, looks newer than
the rest of the old bldgs.

It's surely not a weather instrument. It just about has to
be some kind of small generator. But small it is indeed.
And just that far off the ground seems weird. Typical
wind/electrical generator would be a lot higher and a lot
bigger blades. I'd suggest some kind of homebrew gadget,
except someone's obviously gone to the expense and trouble
of pouring a very thick foundation for the thing.

Anti electrolytic corrosion inhibitor? That's typically
for water lines or subsea power cables. And solar is more
typical since at least the 70s that I know of.

How did they supply water to the original groom/black metal
areas? Wells way up there? Truck it in? Did they have tailing
ponds up there or did they bring the ore down and process it
somewhere else?


Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke

www.n0eq.com