In 1957, as a college sophomore majoring in geology, I managed to get a summer job working with the field crew in Tahawus that was doing geomagnetic surveys in the region. This was part of the initial stage of identification of future mine expansion sites, so we spent most days out in the bush fighting black flies and mosquitoes, hacking our way through the brush with machetes and mapping the ore distribution pattern. A few weeks ago we had some flooding in our basement, which required going through some old boxes of family stuff. In one of them I found some ektachrome slides from those days in Tahawus and have posted them at http://homepages.uc.edu/~huffwd/1957...wus/index.html.
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Man oh man...those photos are great!!
I can recognize a handful of the obvious buildings, but have no idea where was that YMCA, the steepled church, that dome topped building, the beach.
Anyplace handy where I can see an overview map? It must have been a great experience to grow up and live there.
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Originally posted by huffwd View PostI was thinking that was Mt. Marcy, or at least a peak somewhere near it. I recall taking some hikes around Tahawus and that one was probably taken on our way up Marcy. Others might have a better ID for it.
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Originally posted by dundee View PostHey Huffwd, what are we looking at in #7?'I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.' - Henry David Thoreau
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I have managed to find a few more photos of The Tahawus operation in 1957 and have posted them at http://homepages.uc.edu/~huffwd/1957_Tahawus/index.html. This is a slightly different address than the previous one. Most of these are of the mining operation including diamond drilling and blasting. There are several photos of what look like a dam being constructed, but I can't recall where these were taken. Perhaps someone will recognize them. At the end are three photos of our typical day in the bush with the ground-based magnetometer mapping out new ore deposits. Finally, I also came across some photos taken that summer of the Benson mine (Jones & Laughlin Steel) at Star Lake. The link is http://homepages.uc.edu/~huffwd/Star_Lake/index.html.
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