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File Name: Portland Mine Shaft House No 1 1907
File Submitter: CrisGer
File Submitted: 13 Nov 2015
File Category: Buildings

Portland Mine
Shaft House No. 1

Located at the enter of the original Mine complex located above the Ore House 1

Victor, Colorado

1909

This was the tower over the main Shaft No. 1 of the mine. It was enclosed to protect the lift and the workers but later on that was taken down and the head frame exposed due to shaft fires that had occurred in the District. This form of the Complex dates from around 1907.

This was the first and main shaft of the Portland Mine. This was the largest of the mines in the region and developed over the years into a very successful venture that later on included all of the resources of the Independence Mine and Mill next to it. This ore house was fed by 3 internal gravity feed chutes and the delivery chutes at trackside were hidden behind normal looking windows, a unique arrangement. There were also free standing Tramways and chutes that led from the Shaft House 1 down the hill to Tailings piles which will be available separately. The entire mine will be created in a set of individual units foe ease of placement.

This series could not have been done without extensive research and the help of colleagues in the Historical research field of the early mines of Colorado especally including Linda Irene Tingvik with her kind permission, she also shared the historic Sandborn insurance maps that allows the creation of this complex

This model includes night and snow textures. It is medium poly so can be used for both MSTS and Open Rails.

Rights and Restrictions: you may freely use, rework and repaint this model, TSM source files is included. The only restriction is that this model may not be sold or used in commercial pay ware without my express permission. You can reach me at the e mail below. It may also be converted to Railworks, Trainz or any other sim format I would appreciate notice and a copy of your finished work.

Installation:
Place the shape and texture files into your route folders and add the ref entry to your ref list. I use the 257 texture setting so that this will correctly display both snow and night textures.


Chris Gerlach (CrisGer)
October 2015

chrisgerlach9@yahoo.com

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