To answer your question 9mins in about what this structure did, it is as mentioned by another comment, a tipple. Coal that comes out of the mine is full of rocks and other waste, so a conveyor takes it to the top where stone is picked out. Then using gravity and vibrating metal screens the coal is sorted into different chutes based on lump size, which had different uses. Then it is dumped into waiting train cars on the siding next to the tipple. You can see a lot of the sorting machinery still in place. In operation, it would have been an extremely loud place, hot in the summer, cold in the winter. Paid less than underground, so the jobs were less desirable, and usually given to boys. Most tipples in Alberta were constructed as cheaply as possible, so they were rickety wooden things, meaning almost none are left. There is great wooden tipple preserved at the Atlas Coal Mine museum outside Drumheller which is worth a visit. This brick, steel, and concrete tipple is much sturdier, which is probably why no one wanted to spend the cost of tearing it down after the mine closed. Looks newer too, I'd guess the 1950s, just before the coal industry in the Pass went into rapid decline thanks to railway dieselization, and general collapse of coal demand in Canada in the 1960s. Crowsnest Pass is very a beautiful place, and has a very unusual history, such as having a mountain fall on a town and being a hotbed of socialism in otherwise conservative Alberta. You can learn a little more about that here: albertaadvantagepod.com/2021/07/02/blairmore-alberta-canadas-first-communist-town-council/ Thanks for this wonderful video!
Hi Chris, I wonder what they mined their, Looks a great place to do some light painting with safety in mind' And that landscape around it looks beutiful... You certainly love to get around these AMAZING places, Love this video and so cool, Best 73s to you and your family' Be safe and take care😊
In the Crowsnest the biggest mined resource was coal. It's everywhere. My parents once went and got sand for a sandbox for me from a local pit. It looked fine but any kid that played in it got black from coal dust
Wow, that is one seriously impressive structure! It would be cool to know some history on it, as I have never seen bricks like those that have been punched out for the opening in that wall.
Ive gone past that place dozens of times. Always wanted to explore it
To answer your question 9mins in about what this structure did, it is as mentioned by another comment, a tipple. Coal that comes out of the mine is full of rocks and other waste, so a conveyor takes it to the top where stone is picked out. Then using gravity and vibrating metal screens the coal is sorted into different chutes based on lump size, which had different uses. Then it is dumped into waiting train cars on the siding next to the tipple. You can see a lot of the sorting machinery still in place. In operation, it would have been an extremely loud place, hot in the summer, cold in the winter. Paid less than underground, so the jobs were less desirable, and usually given to boys. Most tipples in Alberta were constructed as cheaply as possible, so they were rickety wooden things, meaning almost none are left. There is great wooden tipple preserved at the Atlas Coal Mine museum outside Drumheller which is worth a visit. This brick, steel, and concrete tipple is much sturdier, which is probably why no one wanted to spend the cost of tearing it down after the mine closed. Looks newer too, I'd guess the 1950s, just before the coal industry in the Pass went into rapid decline thanks to railway dieselization, and general collapse of coal demand in Canada in the 1960s.
Crowsnest Pass is very a beautiful place, and has a very unusual history, such as having a mountain fall on a town and being a hotbed of socialism in otherwise conservative Alberta. You can learn a little more about that here: albertaadvantagepod.com/2021/07/02/blairmore-alberta-canadas-first-communist-town-council/
Thanks for this wonderful video!
Wow thanks!
Crazy!
Pretty scary, Larry
Hi Chris, I wonder what they mined their, Looks a great place to do some light painting with safety in mind' And that landscape around it looks beutiful... You certainly love to get around these AMAZING places, Love this video and so cool, Best 73s to you and your family' Be safe and take care😊
That is a great idea. I shall try this in fall!
In the Crowsnest the biggest mined resource was coal. It's everywhere. My parents once went and got sand for a sandbox for me from a local pit. It looked fine but any kid that played in it got black from coal dust
Wow, that is one seriously impressive structure! It would be cool to know some history on it, as I have never seen bricks like those that have been punched out for the opening in that wall.
Next time I am there, I am going to try to learn more about the place. Seriously cool spot!
Take a friend and take turns going in and out.... HOT
This is the Mohawk Tipple. Part of Hillcrest Mines. A man hung himself in here in 2018.
THank you for the info! That is grim!
The graffiti artists use lots of paint in some of their efforts.
Pretty scary, Larry