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Remains of Estelle Mining Co. Works
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Estelle Iron Mines

In the early 1900s, 225 folks were employed here, and the community of Estelle had 150 homes,
along with schools, a church, commercial buildings, etc.   Little remains now but foundations and
ore loading bins from the mine works and 6 or 7 small gauge railroad tunnels through the mountain
ridges, several of which are now collapsed.   The Mining Company ceased operations in 1924.


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Ore Loading Bin 1


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Piers leading to Ore Loading Bin


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Ore Loading Bin 1


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Ore Bin


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Rock-fern on concrete pier


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Foundation for a track scale
The scale here would have measured the weight of the rail car payloads.
Thanks to John Stewart, from Hoover, AL, for the ID of this foundation!



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Ore Loading Bin 2


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Ore Loading Bin 2


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Ore Loading Bin 2 and Chute


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Row of Piers-Footings leading up the hill


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Unknown structures


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