The Headframe   by radiogirl

The Headframe

You have a sense of history wondering around one of Canada's most famous silver mining areas. As you explore this mountainous area you can discover old head frames, equipment, machinery that date back to the early 1900's. Periodically you see head frames and are left with an almost eerie feeling. You have to search the photo to find the head frame, the same as you do walking around this area as nature slowly reclaims what was once a heavy mined area, Cobalt.

Thank you for all your comments and favs, I really enjoy reading them.
Cool historical capture. .
December 14th, 2014  
Lovely capture.
December 14th, 2014  
Really love the puffy clouds. They look like they are heavy with snow. Cool history here.
December 15th, 2014  
Great shot of how nature stubbornly reclaims its belongings. Ontario has so many great historical areas.
December 15th, 2014  
Amazingly beautiful :)
December 15th, 2014  
A few weeks ago, I was helping out in a neighborhood I'd never been in and lo and behold there was an old abandoned factory smack in the middle of it. This building reminds me of it as the environment had begun to reclaim the area. It even had a tree growing through one of the broken windows. Good shot!
December 15th, 2014  
interesting choice to keep the mine equip so dark. I like it.
December 15th, 2014  
This is really good enlarged on the black. Quite dramatic looking - very interesting shot.
December 15th, 2014  
Nice tree line and scene - and great composition. I don't know what a headframe is?
December 15th, 2014  
Fantastic image and lighting. Great commentary as well!
December 15th, 2014  
a really moody shot of that sky, nice silhouettes
December 15th, 2014  
@linah hi Linda thank you for your comment. I head frame is a structure which can be 2 to 5 stories in height used to haul up buckets of ore from down in the ground they would raise the ore up to the highest level and then they would have ore cars that would transfer it over to a larger vehicle. Tonight I will post one you can actually see, there are not many of these left. Most of the silver had been mined by 1930.
December 15th, 2014  
It looks as those the pines have nearly crowded out the structures here. I spent some time hiking through an abandon mining area in Cripple Creek, Colorado this past summer — so many photo opportunities! Nature was reclaiming her land there as well.
December 15th, 2014  
Beautiful shot, and thanks for explaining what a head frame is.
December 15th, 2014  
The tones of this photo just goes so well with the history of this head frame. Great capture !! fav
December 15th, 2014  
@radiogirl Thanks Kathy for the explanation, I will check out your next picture.
December 16th, 2014  
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