FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – The former Quincy Mining Company’s Number 2 Shaft hoist house is receiving much-needed repairs. The hoist house was constructed in 1918. The project includes removing broken and cracked concrete to expose, repair or replace old steel reinforcing rebar beneath it, before applying new concrete, said Tom Wright, executive director of the Quincy Mine Hoist Association.

Project funding comes from part of a $1.4 million grant received last August to continue restoration work at the No. 2 mine site. The grant is through the Abandoned Mine Lands program, which is through the U.S. Department of Interior,

The Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program addresses physical safety and environmental hazards associated with abandoned hard rock mines on Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-managed

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