Ravensdale
Take this six-mile loop through inactive and active mining country, including the small town of Ravensdale.
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Built along a fluffy green hill that hovers above a gullied flat the town began as a cluster of modest houses about a red two-story depot. A red brick schoolhouse stood on the main street. The town was on the main line of the Northern Pacific Railroad and depended largely on the operation of nearby coal mines for its livelihood. Originally called Leary, after the Leary Coal Company, the current...
Learn more about RavensdaleThe tour passes through leafy woods to the Strain Mine; However, the only mine still operating in the area is the John Henry No. 1, an open-pit mine, near Black Diamond. All others have been closed for several decades. Ahead are the silhouettes of snow-capped mountains, and square little dwellings, all in need of paint, scattered on both sides of the road.
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