Photo Index - T. M. Nagle - T.M. Nagle Steam Engine Boilers

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Manufactured/Badged by:
T. M. Nagle
Erie, PA

True Manufacturer:
T. M. Nagle, Erie, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Steam and Gas Engines
Machine Type:	Engine, Steam - Stationary
Machine Size:	unknown
Submitted By:	Karl Burkart

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	T.M. Nagle Steam Engine Boilers
Date of Manufacturer:	1800's
Serial Number:	21909
Last Updated	5/12/2013 9:52:55 AM

Comments:

Here are pictures of the two old Nagle Steam Engines I recently
located at the old Black Canyon Mine site in California. The Black
Canyon Mine was a late 1800's gold mine. It was a drift mine which
means the gold was located in ancient gravel channels buried beneath
also ancient lava flows. These steam engines apparently had two
purposes. 1) to power the winches that let men and equipment down the
shaft and into the mines and 2) to power the stamp mills that
processed the gravels and quartz ore to recover the gold.

The Black Canyon mine has a 20 stamp mill with a 26 room bunk house, a
shop and a large dining room. They processed 50 tons of ore a day.
These relics are now on U. S. Forest Service land and will probably
remain in place for the foreseeable future. The location is remote
and not marked on current maps. The area is rarely visited. It was a
great thrill to find these old engines and to know they made the trip
across the nation to do the work here in these old mines.

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