Kennedy Mine Headframe

USA / California / Jackson /
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Kennedy Mine Headframe (marked in 3D relief and will be adjusted when imagery permits a better view).

The headframe will last a long time. It is 135 feet tall, and composed of iron beams. The original 100 foot tall wooden headframe burned (along with most of the surface developments) in 1928. Debris from the burning headframe fell down the main shaft, blocking any chance of exit for the miners still working thousands of feet below. A previous tragedy saved the men's lives: in 1922 the adjacent Argonaut Mine had burned and 47 miners died. In the aftermath, a connecting tunnel was left in place at the 4,600 foot depth between the two mines. This tunnel allowed the miners to escape unharmed.
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Coordinates:   38°22'3"N   120°46'50"W
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