On a dreary day, Erin and I visited the Pioneer Mine in Ely. I thought the mood was just right for visiting an abandoned mine.
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Headframe and some main buildings.
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Decrepit retaining wall.
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Abandoned lockers.
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A 2nd group of buildings. This one was wide open and you could walk right in (we didn't). Strange.
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When the mining ended (it moved to the nearby Mesabe Iron Range), the pumps were turned off and the mines collapsed and flooded, forming this lake.
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