Abandoned Mines
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Re: Abandoned Mines
I can't open that link on mobile, but if it's next to a private road labeled copper hollow, then that is it.
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Re: Abandoned Mines
It's almost 4 miles from where google earth places copper hollow rd, but the name of the mine IS Copper Hollow Mine...so.
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This is what I'm speaking of *edit(it's called Copper Hill Mine)
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00282.jpg
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00283.jpg
I'm not sure how, but I somehow came to the conclusion that it should be located here... I could have been completely full of shit though.
Is the mine you posted accessible?
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00282.jpg
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00283.jpg
I'm not sure how, but I somehow came to the conclusion that it should be located here... I could have been completely full of shit though.
Is the mine you posted accessible?
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Re: Abandoned Mines
Here is another mine near Sullivan on "Acid Mine Road". No idea what an "acid mine" is though.
https://goo.gl/maps/1CzDnstZrx82
https://goo.gl/maps/1CzDnstZrx82
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RE: Abandoned Mines
I betcha they were mining massive sulfide minerals (e.g. pyrite, marcasite, etc) for either iron or sulfur. When those minerals are exposed to rain and surface erosion it usually results in sulfuric acid as a corrosion byproduct, which can then get into the ground water. This can be an obvious problem if production is big enough.
A similar problem is in lead/zinc mines, where the tailing piles leach heavy metals into the groundwater. Sucky day.
A similar problem is in lead/zinc mines, where the tailing piles leach heavy metals into the groundwater. Sucky day.
Re: RE: Abandoned Mines
I collected rocks and crystals and stuff when I was a kid, and that might explain why I was told not to get my collection of fool's gold wet.PANIC! on the Titanic wrote:pyrite... exposed to rain and surface erosion it usually results in sulfuric acid...
Preservation over plunder.
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Re: Abandoned Mines
That location is correct. You can see the coniferous regrowth around the open cuts on the west side of the hill. I parked my truck on the side of the road, hopped the fence into Meramec State Park, and walked uphill until I hit one of the open cuts. BE CAREFUL at this one; there are a bunch of vertical shafts that appear to have collapsed, but you never know if the dirt-and-leaf plug will hold your weight. Last I saw, there was a single adit sort of open; it led to a shaft that has since collapsed into the drift. I find the box cuts for two more adits, but they are not open. A few guys with shovels or a backhoe could probably get them back open if they wanted to, though.BagHead727 wrote:This is what I'm speaking of *edit(it's called Copper Hill Mine)
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00282.jpg
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/mining/Frankl ... /00283.jpg
I'm not sure how, but I somehow came to the conclusion that it should be located here... I could have been completely full of shit though.
Is the mine you posted accessible?