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I finally got around to registering - after spending some time lurking and browsing through the threads.
By way of introduction, I'm acidman1968. I currently live in Tooele, UT and I greatly enjoy learning about the history of the area, including the mining history. While I'm not an "underground explorer" per se, I do enjoy hiking in the hills around Tooele and taking pics of the areas I wander around in. I'm currently 42 years old, and although "round" is a shape, I'm out of shape, which is why when I'm out exploring, I'm usually taking my dear sweet time hiking...
My current occupation is at Kennecott Utah Copper's (or Rio Tinto's) smelter, where I've worked for the past 13 years in the central control room. It's a fun job, and it can be quite stressful at times when the plant isn't running smoothly.
Working for Kennecott isn't where I started enjoying learning about mining history, but it sure didn't hurt, either.
I can be an opinionated pain in the butt, but for the most part, I'm quite easy going.
Politically, I'm listed as an "Independent" - but what I really am is an American.
I don't agree with the various government entities destroying old mining/milling sites, because to me that's destroying vital pieces of history. If those same government entities were going around bulldozing old Native American sites, people would be having a conniption fit - but because "they're just old dangerous mines" that are being shut, the majority of the general public doesn't really care.
How much of the westward expansion of the United States is due to mining? A lot.
How vital is mining to our continued standards of living? Extremely.
Instead of destroying old mining camps, they should be preserved, or at the very least, left alone to slowly fall down on their own.
Anyway, I came across this site years ago while browsing through some websites about ghost towns, and then more recently, I "found" this site again while searching for information about some mines in the Oquirrh Mountains... I'm not exactly sure how much I can contribute to the discussions and such though, after all, I'm not an historian. I'm just a middle-aged guy who enjoys getting out and about every so often.
By way of introduction, I'm acidman1968. I currently live in Tooele, UT and I greatly enjoy learning about the history of the area, including the mining history. While I'm not an "underground explorer" per se, I do enjoy hiking in the hills around Tooele and taking pics of the areas I wander around in. I'm currently 42 years old, and although "round" is a shape, I'm out of shape, which is why when I'm out exploring, I'm usually taking my dear sweet time hiking...
My current occupation is at Kennecott Utah Copper's (or Rio Tinto's) smelter, where I've worked for the past 13 years in the central control room. It's a fun job, and it can be quite stressful at times when the plant isn't running smoothly.
Working for Kennecott isn't where I started enjoying learning about mining history, but it sure didn't hurt, either.
I can be an opinionated pain in the butt, but for the most part, I'm quite easy going.
Politically, I'm listed as an "Independent" - but what I really am is an American.
I don't agree with the various government entities destroying old mining/milling sites, because to me that's destroying vital pieces of history. If those same government entities were going around bulldozing old Native American sites, people would be having a conniption fit - but because "they're just old dangerous mines" that are being shut, the majority of the general public doesn't really care.
How much of the westward expansion of the United States is due to mining? A lot.
How vital is mining to our continued standards of living? Extremely.
Instead of destroying old mining camps, they should be preserved, or at the very least, left alone to slowly fall down on their own.
Anyway, I came across this site years ago while browsing through some websites about ghost towns, and then more recently, I "found" this site again while searching for information about some mines in the Oquirrh Mountains... I'm not exactly sure how much I can contribute to the discussions and such though, after all, I'm not an historian. I'm just a middle-aged guy who enjoys getting out and about every so often.
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