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Southwest Mine Explorers 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.

Tight little squeeze
26/02/2024

Tight little squeeze

26/02/2024
Happy Valentines’s Day!
14/02/2024

Happy Valentines’s Day!

Merry Christmas from Southwest Mine Explorers! 🎄 A little AI generated image fun
25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from Southwest Mine Explorers! 🎄 A little AI generated image fun

Happy National Miners Day!If it can't be grown, it must be mined.
07/12/2023

Happy National Miners Day!
If it can't be grown, it must be mined.

Interesting wood work down the incline
09/03/2023

Interesting wood work down the incline

Down the incline
07/03/2023

Down the incline

Unfortunately he never made it down the incline…
05/03/2023

Unfortunately he never made it down the incline…

A well preserved sheave wheel
03/03/2023

A well preserved sheave wheel

Happy National Miners Day!If it can’t be grown, it must be mined.
07/12/2022

Happy National Miners Day!
If it can’t be grown, it must be mined.

A collapsing stope
06/10/2022

A collapsing stope

A nice Atlas Powder box
03/10/2022

A nice Atlas Powder box

Grizzly over the bottom of the incline
28/09/2022

Grizzly over the bottom of the incline

A well preserved bucket
16/08/2022

A well preserved bucket

Some old time cards and Trojan instructions in an old cabinet along the drift ...
15/08/2022

Some old time cards and Trojan instructions in an old cabinet along the drift

A closeup of the timber cart
12/08/2022

A closeup of the timber cart

Long day happy crew! ⛏
11/08/2022

Long day happy crew! ⛏

Bottom of the incline, end of the line!
10/08/2022

Bottom of the incline, end of the line!

A well preserved skip car. A sad story, this very skip car jumped the tracks and resulted in the death of 2 miners when ...
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.

Another 240’ to the very bottom. Legs for days!
08/08/2022

Another 240’ to the very bottom. Legs for days!

A well functioning timber cart on the bottom level!
07/08/2022

A well functioning timber cart on the bottom level!

Some remnants of square set
05/08/2022

Some remnants of square set

On a drift level with a few more stopes to go!
04/08/2022

On a drift level with a few more stopes to go!

Down the stopes we go! ⛏
02/08/2022

Down the stopes we go! ⛏

Dropping into the top of a burned out stope
01/08/2022

Dropping into the top of a burned out stope

You know it’s a good lead when…
30/07/2022

You know it’s a good lead when…

Caution! ⚠️ When exploring abandoned mines watch out for rogue miners!!
28/07/2022

Caution! ⚠️ When exploring abandoned mines watch out for rogue miners!!

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