We are a group of friends and explorers from the southwest whose passion is mines and mining. Our mission is to document and explore our mining past.
26/02/2024
Tight little squeeze
26/02/2024
14/02/2024
Happy Valentines’s Day!
25/12/2023
Merry Christmas from Southwest Mine Explorers! 🎄 A little AI generated image fun
07/12/2023
Happy National Miners Day!
If it can't be grown, it must be mined.
09/03/2023
Interesting wood work down the incline
07/03/2023
Down the incline
05/03/2023
Unfortunately he never made it down the incline…
03/03/2023
A well preserved sheave wheel
07/12/2022
Happy National Miners Day!
If it can’t be grown, it must be mined.
06/10/2022
A collapsing stope
03/10/2022
A nice Atlas Powder box
28/09/2022
Grizzly over the bottom of the incline
16/08/2022
A well preserved bucket
15/08/2022
Some old time cards and Trojan instructions in an old cabinet along the drift
12/08/2022
A closeup of the timber cart
11/08/2022
Long day happy crew! ⛏
10/08/2022
Bottom of the incline, end of the line!
09/08/2022
A well preserved skip car. A sad story, this very skip car jumped the tracks and resulted in the death of 2 miners when this mine was in operation 70-80 years ago.
08/08/2022
Another 240’ to the very bottom. Legs for days!
07/08/2022
A well functioning timber cart on the bottom level!
05/08/2022
Some remnants of square set
04/08/2022
On a drift level with a few more stopes to go!
02/08/2022
Down the stopes we go! ⛏
01/08/2022
Dropping into the top of a burned out stope
30/07/2022
You know it’s a good lead when…
28/07/2022
Caution! ⚠️ When exploring abandoned mines watch out for rogue miners!!
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