{"id":25,"date":"2016-04-14T15:14:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/shafthouse\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-02-03T01:24:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T01:24:00","slug":"restoration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shaft3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shaft3.png 600w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shaft3-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shaft3-103x150.png 103w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Now.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Champion #4 before (pre-1996) and after. We certainly have come a long way! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" style=\"width:389px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WaterTank.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PM&amp;S acquired Lot 30 to act as a site buffer to future development to the north.<br>Installed two new interpretive signs, the Miner\u2019s Memorial and the Information Kiosk. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We removed the asbestos hazard caused by the transit tiles on the Hexagonal Water Tank building. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performed structural remediation on the Hexagonal Water Tank building in preparation for residing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-435\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Sign.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Refurbished the hoist house windows with new woodwork and glazing. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A ground level support column that was completely corroded at the base and was splinted back to the original foundation. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new support column running to a new concrete footing was added to support a long steel beam span at levels 2 and 3. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level 2 decking was stabilized and wood handrails installed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stairs leading from level 2-3 were replaced using original blueprints from 1902. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level 3 decking replacement and wooden handrails installed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All of the original decking on Level 4 was torn up and new steel joists put into place. New rough sawn decking was installed over the joists across the whole floor. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adams Township donated Lot 29 along with the Hexagonal Water Tank Building to PM&amp;S. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental study of Lot 29 property identified the presence of asbestos transits tiles covering the hexagonal building. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Removed the trees and vegetation from a lot 29. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Added walking trail. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Added a 4\u2019 x 8\u2019 welcome sign close to the ORV Trail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434\" style=\"width:439px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Bench.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Three interpretive signs were installed on the cement pad left from the demolition of the old chlorination building. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A wooden bench added. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contractors used a 130\u2019 man lift to replace\/reattach corrugated roof panels. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rewire of the Captain\u2019s Office and added new pendant ceiling lights. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repainted Captain\u2019s Office with copper range green (julep mint from Sherwin Williams)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" style=\"width:441px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Stairs.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 500 pound safe from the old mine office was moved to the hoist house. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Captain\u2019s Office back door was upgraded to a modern metal door for security and widened to make it ADA accessible. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The old water utility chlorination building was removed from the site. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steel stairs were added to lead from the parking area down to the lower level of the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" style=\"width:438px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_5335-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All the trees and bush between the shaft house and the hoist house was removed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large boulders were placed along the south property line and a chain now bars the drive down to the hoist house.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asbestos was removed from several locations in the shaft house, the Captain\u2019s Office and steam pipes located around the grounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2019-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" style=\"width:361px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2019-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2019-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2019-1-112x150.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two lower ore bins (north and south chambers) were mucked out to access the primary support columns. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repair of six primary columns that support the hundreds of tons of machinery that remain in the shaft-rockhouse. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An environmental survey was conducted of our buildings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2018.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174\" style=\"width:363px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2018.png 500w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2018-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Restoration2018-112x150.png 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UP Engineers &amp; Architects conducted a structural survey of the shaft house to identify areas in need of reservation. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contractor secured the corrugated metal siding on the shaft house, secured and replaced sections of the sheathing as needed. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new front door was installed on the Captain\u2019s Office. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Straightened shaft house stairs going from ground level to second level. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the timber stanchion had to be laid down due severe wood rot in the support timbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of the shafthouse shows the large materials car lowered.\" class=\"wp-image-122\" style=\"width:437px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_4027-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Removed 5 trailers full of debris from the Captain\u2019s Office and the Shaft House. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Materials skip was lowered from its original hanging position to the ground. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New roof on the Captain\u2019s Office. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The floor of the shaft house was leveled with poor rock from the poor rock pile nearby.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2016 and Prior<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ShaftAfter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" style=\"width:360px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ShaftAfter.png 600w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ShaftAfter-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/painesdalemineshaft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ShaftAfter-113x150.png 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Added a concrete parking area on the north of the Captain\u2019s Office with a ramp going to the back of the building making the building ADA accessible. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restored the windows of the shaft house to their original condition. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repaired\/replaced the front steps going to the Captain\u2019s office. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phase 1 of the restoration was completed in 1996. Corrugated metal was installed on the north and west walls of the shaft house. Phase 2 completed the project with corrugated metal on the south and east walls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Champion #4 before (pre-1996) and after. 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