Galería de Minerales FMF

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OLD MINE VERSUS MODERN MINE 3

A photograph from the late 1890s captures the Ojuela mine at the zenith of its industrial power, a complex and sprawling machine carved into the rugged landscape. The view is dense with the sinews of production: robust workshops, the towering head frame marking the mine’s entrance and the substantial structures of ore processing facilities. A web of tram tracks, the arteries of the operation, crisscrosses the terrain, connecting the various stages of extraction and refinement. Nearby, power plants stand ready to feed the energy required to drive this relentless engine of industry.

A century later, a modern photograph reveals a scene of profound silence and decay. The once-intricate industrial infrastructure has largely vanished, reclaimed by the desert or salvaged for its materials. What remains is a collection of skeletal ruins, hollowed-out shells succumbing to the elements. The paths of the tramways are now just faint scars on the land. The workshops, once filled with the clang of hammers, are crumbling and roofless. Most prominent are the massive, stubborn foundations of the ore treatment facilities, their thick stone and concrete walls a testament to the immense scale of the machinery they once supported, now standing as silent tombs of a glorious, bygone era. (Author: silvia)