Walking throught the Paris Mill is a solitary experience. One of the unique things about this mill is the amount of huge machinery still intact.The photo here demonstrates that fact. Mills were built to utilize gravity. Raw ore would start "uphill" in the building. The ore would go through a succession of refining processes. This photo is the fifth and final stage of that mechanical process. From there the ore would go into a chemical bath of mercury.
It's quiet now, but I can only imagine the roar as machine vs rock duked it out all day long.
This photo was taken in mid winter, during a late afternoon snowstorm. Exposure time was around 30 minutes.
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