The Dally Slate Co. Photo Gallery
2006
American Industrial Mining
Company Museum
Preserving Our Mining and Industrial Heritage
A 501(c)(3) Non-profit preservation, restorations and education organization
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Rock Salt Mine
#3 Shaft travels to a depth of 2300 feet
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12 foot diameter by 2300 foot shaft installed in 1976. All equipment in and out of the mine have to be hoisted here.
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Hoist signals
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Checking in on the check tag board before going underground.
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Final safety briefing before going to the shaft cage.
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Shaft cage
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Shaft bottom at the No. 6 salt bed 2300 foot level.
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A salt cutter and loader await at our first stop.
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Keep in mind ALL the equipment comes down the shaft to work underground.
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Our transportation underground is a diesel truck.
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To maintain proper air ventilation flow we passed through several air doors.
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Ray Mercado awaiting to travel up the slope underground.
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Pete Jedlicka eager to see how the mining was done on the old No 4 salt bed.
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Rock salt as it appears underground before mining in it's natural form.
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The original double drum hoist on the No. 1 slope at the top of the No. 4 salt bed level. Still used to transport equipment between levels.
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The original rail haulage equipment still remains on the No. 4 salt level over 1900 feet underground.
This will make it to the surface for restoration within the same year.
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Locomotive battery boxes still staged underground near the charging station.
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One of the original charging stations.
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A second 2 ft ga Baldwin Westinghouse Locomotive located on the same level.
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Pushed off to the side. Hopefully someday our team can restore this one as well.
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One of the salt haulage dump cars. One of many still underground.
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On the No. 4 salt level we can clearly see the original method mined "chasing" the bed of salt using the stope methods.
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Miles and miles of conveyor belt are underground. This replaced the rail haulage system.
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Back near the shaft bottom. You thought air mail was unique.....try getting the post office to deliver here.
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Dave makes a call to the hoist operator to get a a cage ride back to the surface.
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Back on the surface you can see Shaft 1 to the left and Shaft 3 to the right. Cayuga Lake in the foreground.
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The skip hoist haulage system that takes the rock salt to the surface. Each 16 ton skip will maintain a balanced hoisting system for the No. 1 shaft.
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The top of the skip hoist headframe can be seen from miles.
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Nordberg double drum skip hoist serving the No.1 shaft.