Kayaking on the Grand River – Paris, Ontario, originally uploaded by Mic2006. An unseasonably warm day – early March found JC and I visiting Southern Ontario on a search for abandoned gypsum mines. Where both the Grand River and the Nith River meet there is the quaint though somewhat aged town of Paris. It has [...]
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Abandoned mines in Ontario – Gypsum Mines in Paris Ontario, along the banks of the Grand River
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, book on caves, Caves, caves in Ontario, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, environment, exploration, history, industrial archeology, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, photo, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, strange places, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, Grand River, gypsum mines, industrial archeology, Nith River, Paris Ontario, plaster of Paris, urban exploration on March 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Abandoned Mine Near Niagara Falls – Ontario
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, art, Caves, Education, exploration, extreme sports, humor, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, My Book, Nature/Outdoors, News, niagara escarpment, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, wierd, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, exploration, Niagara Falls, rock art, rock paintings, urb ex, urban exploration, urbex on October 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Abandoned Mine Near Niagara Falls – Ontario, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Leaded paint rock art circa 1970. Do you suppose the artist was trying to express his inner soul? will this still be here a thousand years from now and what will they surmise of primitive Ontarions? I found this unique piece of primitive graffiti [...]
Mine in the Queenstone area – niagara (for building rock)
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, bats, bizzare, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, collecting rocks near Bancroft, creepy places, Education, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, mine, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, waterfalls, tagged abandoned mines, industrial archeology, mines in Ontario, urban exploration, Urban exploration in Ontario, urbex on September 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Mine in the Queenstone area – niagara (for building rock), originally uploaded by Mic2006. There’s a crevice that cuts under a cliff face. It leads to an underground lake that just goes on and on. Dan and I spent about two hours underground wandering waist deep in water. I am thinking that the mine is [...]
Silver Crater Mine – Bancroft
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Buy The Book, Canada, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, Education, environment, exploration, geography, geology, industrial archeology, Interesting, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, wierd, tagged abandoned mines, Bancroft, betafite, minerals in Ontario, radioactive rocks and minerals, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals on August 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Silver Crater Mine – Bancroft, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I paid my $2 at the house of the landowner whose property I had to cross and then headed off into the woods. I’d heard that the path to the mine was about 4 miles long (it was not), but possibly longer, and the route was [...]
Abandoned Mine Tour – Colonial Mine – Cobalt
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, books, Buy The Book, Canada, Cobalt, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crazy things, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, strange places, Travel, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, vacation, wierd, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, industrial archeology, rock collecting, rock collecting in Ontario, rockhound, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, underground, urban exploration on October 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Whats under Cobalt P1020263, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I just got back from Cobalt last night, it was a long drive – 6 hours. While in Cobalt I took an abandoned mine tour. Its a service offered by the local museum – well worth doing if you like that kind of thing. This here is [...]
Abandoned Dwyer Fluorite Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, Bancroft gemboree, bizzare, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crystals, environment, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, strange places, tagged abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, geology of Ontario, rock collecting, rock collecting in Ontario, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals on September 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I thought I had made a new discovery P1010863, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I noticed this blocked up mine and an interesting scar above it when I was travelling along Old Mumford Road after an unsucessful attempt to find the Tripp Nu-age mine. I thought that I had found a new area for collecting rocks [...]
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