Midlothian Mines (August 5, 2016)

 Went on a dusk motorcycle ride tonight...temperatures and humidity were both way down. Tomorrow will be a different story though!
At any case, rode out to Midlothian Mines (among other places) but this is worth a post. Have been here before but the area has some improvements (along the trail here at the site of the First Coal Mine is North America. I did read that early mining there sent coal in service of the fledgling American Army in the Revolutionary War. It was a successful operation for some time, but as the nations needs for coal increased their were easier places to get it.

These are the last remains of the original building. Sometime in the late 1800's an explosion trapped some miners in the tunnels...if I remember correctly some 30 or so died and are still down there. They could not get them out.
It is an interesting place to visit with some nice trails and even now some replica mining equipment. This is a couple of shorts from a walk around it of the last remaining original structure from those days.