Looking for a gold mine

[harrym]

Aren't we all. But I want a model that will fit in a 7"x8" footprint that can be serviced by a single track. More stipulations. It would be operated by less than a dozen men, so something mid-sized -- but not just a headframe like the Fanny Rawlins. I have seen a vague picture of an older N Scale Architect kit [pre laser-cut] of the Black River Mine that might be about right. Has anyone built this kit? Any pictures? Any suggestions for other mines? I would scratchbuild one if I had good pictures. I have searched Google images for pages but haven't found anything satisfactory. At present I am using the Pola coal mine from Jack Work's design.

[womblenz]

Would you consider doing a scratchbuild of the Cimarron Mine by Banta model works.

There some pics on thier site under HO kits


http://www.bantamodelworks.com/

Cheers Warren

[harrym]

Has anyone built the Fanny Rawlins mine?  It looks a lot like the gold mine that appeared in the January 1975 Model Railroader.  However, it is a hydrocal casting and I've never done one of those.  How are they for quality?

[Mark5]

Do goldmines really generate enough gold to need freight cars ?(ie railroad service)?

[harrym]

Some of them used ore cars to carry the ore to a stamp mill at another location.  The Argo stamp mill in Idaho Spring CO processed ore for a number of mines.  However, the ore came in in narrow track mining ore cars.  I will be using standard ore cars pulled by an Atlas shay [N scale].  I have seen a number of pictures of mines with standard track running under the ore bin.