tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67263871704366713722024-03-14T02:08:35.275-06:00Hardrock Revision BlogColorado Art Ranch's 'Hardrock Revision' project in Lake City, CO.: A transdisciplinary collaboration to envision future uses for the Ute Ulay Mine. For further info see 'project description'.Grant Poundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17131623254718360968noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-65322421102471561912013-06-28T10:57:00.000-06:002013-07-05T17:42:23.112-06:00Ute Ulay Mine Reclamation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Now outdoorsy folk spend countless weekends in towns like Lake City CO, hiking 14ers, fly fishing, backcountry skiing, or prospecting mining history from the locals in still standing false front saloons. The mining legacy in Lake City left an exuberant past of mixed heritage including folklore, exploration, and unfortunately an environmental concern teetering on the edge of catastrophe. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Ryan/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Three miles west of Lake City, the Ute Ulay mill site still stands respectfully along the tourist 4x4 favorite, The Alpine Loop Scenic Byway. Adjacent to the site is the city’s water supply, Henson Creek, nestled in some of the most stunning glaciated landscapes in the state.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The mill was hydroelectrically powered by Henson Creek until the Hidden Treasure dam just below the Ute Ulay burst in 1973, causing a metallic soup to wash downstream resulting in a complete kill of all macro invertebrates and fish 14 miles downstream. After this cataclysm, the people of Lake City became more environmentally aware of how these mines can impact their livelihood. Only to remind them of this fact in the winter of 2011 Grant Pound, Executive Director of Colorado Art Ranch stumbled upon an avalanche which plugged up Henson Creek just above the mill site. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The avalanche blocked the river creating an ice dam which held back water up stream 35ft deep.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Talk about an environmental disaster waiting to happen, and an eye widening moment for the town of Lake City. This avalanche became an immediate reminder of the Mill Dam failure that happened in 1973. Frightened at what this could do to the town and environment, city officials scurried to plan on what to do with the people of Lake City, and contacted specialist for advice so another flooding event didn't happen again. At risk the already super saturated tailing ponds, (mine waste) sat uneasily below the ice wall as people thought of using TNT to deal with the avalanche that threatened Lake City. Thankfully the town’s water supply elegantly bored a hole through the ice mass, and slowly leaked 35 feet of water that was backed up into a normal flow and the town, macro invertebrates, and fish were at ease. This taught the city that you cannot always plan for uncertainties, and showed everyone personally what potentially could have happened.This type of uncertainty is exactly what got the EPA’s attention and resulted in an emergency response remediation of the site that started on June 5<sup>th</sup>, 2013. The EPA hopes to be finished with remediation securing mine tailings by the end of summer 2013.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On June 6<sup>th</sup>, 2013 Lake City held the ceremony “Diggin’ In at the Ute Ulay”. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Diggin’ ceremony brought a diverse group of people together who were involved with the remediation and the future of the Ute Ulay mine site. After enjoying local coffee and donuts, Hinsdale County Commissioner Stan Whinnery gave a speech addressing the importance of the remedial action by the EPA, and the unique partnerships of local government, private (publically-held) mining company, non-profit organizations, and state and federal agencies, that worked together to secure the future of the mine and watershed. The EPA’s emergency response team became involved just in time when LKA Gold Incorporated donated the historic Ute-Ulay Town & Mill Sites to the County of Hinsdale. By transferring ownership of the 285 acre Ute Ulay allowed the county and town of Lake City to begin immediate restoration on Ute Ulay mining camps and initiated the EPA’s cleanup process involving the stabilization of the tailings ponds that are an extreme hazard to Henson Creek.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This type of complex remedial action started with envisioning what the future uses for the Ute Ulay Mine and Town site could be, when Grant Pound and DIRT's Executive Director, Kristie Borchers began discussing how art and mining could possibly mesh about </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">5 years ago. In 2011 Colorado Art Ranch created a </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">transdisciplinary collaboration</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> that included 7 artists and 7 scientists that were selected for the Lake City Artposium & Artist Residency. These artists and scientists not only inspired the community of Lake City but gave them a sense of ownership for the future of the Ute Ulay mine. Since the Hardrock Revision, it seems the mine that made Lake City is on the road to recovery, and things are really moving along in a holistic manner. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01471566396010186525noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-39055126507746243562012-02-17T08:46:00.000-07:002012-02-17T08:46:03.872-07:00Another Beginning...The Hardrock Revision blog now contains all the elements of the vision that we came up with during our month-long residency. The Colorado Art Ranch, and the team of artists and scientists have returned to our homes - leaving us with memories of a beautiful place, interesting people, fun, and hard work.<br />
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But the influence of this project does not end here. I (Becky) am back here in Lake City; having got some funding from <a href="http://www.miriad.mmu.ac.uk/">MIRIAD</a>, I am in the process of developing a masterplan for the Ute Ulay. This project is the next step towards making development at the Ute Ulay a reality, and would never have been conceived without the Hardrock Revision. So many, <i>many</i> thanks to Colorado Art Ranch, all the other residents and participants, organisations, community members here in Lake City, and everyone who supported the Hardrock Revision in so many ways.<br />
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Details of the next project are on the new blog <a href="http://uteulay.wordpress.com/">http://uteulay.wordpress.com</a>, so take a look and see what is happening next...Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-34589148924193794882012-02-06T18:04:00.000-07:002012-02-06T18:04:17.611-07:00Our Vision #25: Pika Research<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Research being done in the Great Basin of California and Nevada indicates that mine tailings are an ideal environment for pikas, sustaining these small creatures when other habitats at similar altitudes and climates cannot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The opportunity to study this phenomenon in a controlled environment could be a valuable function for the piles of waste rock at the Ute Ulay and an opportunity to better understand an indicator species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-71767699599587742382012-02-05T15:01:00.001-07:002012-02-05T15:03:17.437-07:00Our Vision #24: Workshops<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The blacksmith’s shop and three attached sheds on the mill site will be designated as multi-functional workshop spaces. These workshops could support artist residencies or local artist commissions, and could serve as breakout educational spaces for school groups, youth groups, summer camps, and temporary research facilities for visiting university programs. Refitted to include workshop benches, lighting, and metal-working equipment, the workshop would be spacious and adaptable to a variety of uses.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Used on many farms,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ranches, and homes in remote locations, micro-hydropower systems can generate up to 100 kilowatts of electricity. Current systems respond to varying water flow rates and seasonal changes to ensure reliable power. For the Ute Ulay, a sensitive eye for history and innovation will be needed to implement a micro-hydropower system that compliments the historical precedent. </span></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-15924738864616642392012-01-28T11:36:00.000-07:002012-01-28T11:36:43.279-07:00Our Vision #22: Ice Rink and Expanded Ice Climbing<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">n - ice!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There are several opportunities for winter recreation on the site of the Ute Ulay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Capitalizing on the ice climb that is already in use just below the dam on Henson Creek could make it a site of particular interest to experienced climbers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another possibility is the installation of a low maintenance ice-skating rink in the tailings pond after remediation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winter sports could help to expand the season of the hostel, drawing both locals and non-locals alike.</span></span></span> </div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-57862367057627344882012-01-21T09:55:00.000-07:002012-01-21T09:55:16.238-07:00Our Vision #21: Old Mill Ruins / Gathering Space<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The site of the original mill (no longer present) could become an outdoor gathering space, with the foundation creating natural walls around the concrete platform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A screen could be hung from the hydropower structure, facilitating films, talks, and other events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think they're watching 'Lucky Texan'</td></tr>
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</div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-13435442440259771732012-01-05T08:28:00.000-07:002012-01-05T08:28:01.630-07:00Our Vision #20: Tailings Pile<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The largest mine tailings pile at the Ute-Ulay mill site has been estimated at 4,000 cubic yards in volume. Nearly a century ago, the pile was considerably larger. The pile may contain metals and other poisons that are lifting into the air, creating dust, and entering storm-water runoff. Sealing the tailings is the only practical way to reduce leaching and the threat of respiratory illness in visitors. We suggest using a powerful polymer emulsion that will retain the form of the pile. The sealant will bond the surface dust and aggregate together and "cement" it to the base to create a hard, dust-free, water-resistant, and resilient surface. This remediation technique will essentially freeze the tailings pile in time, establishing a memorial-like feature, a tribute to the work that took place at the site.</span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A monument to hard work</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a slide into the river through the unknown underground?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Though the mountains appear to be solid, miners have carved out veins
of metals, leaving voids deep in the earth. Because the mines, and the
creek—far below the level of the mine site—are inaccessible, a new route to
reach the creek could be carved through the hillside in the spirit of the mine.</span></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-32230120098327075222011-12-31T05:18:00.001-07:002011-12-31T07:21:19.902-07:00Our Vision #18: Audio Tours<div class="MsoNormal"><style>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yu5v4ygeLCI/Tv79EyNdS9I/AAAAAAAAAHY/tqliJgI41aU/s1600/20_audiotours_LM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yu5v4ygeLCI/Tv79EyNdS9I/AAAAAAAAAHY/tqliJgI41aU/s400/20_audiotours_LM.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">For example, one could choose to take the poetry audio tour and listen to regional poets reading work evocative of the landscape or mining. Someone else might choose the ghost tour, and listen to the voice of local miner George Hurd or historian Grant Houston telling stories about the mine and Lake City. Yet another visitor might choose to listen to the voice of Matt Ingram describe what it was like to work at the mill. </span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-64860989574337126842011-12-29T11:16:00.001-07:002011-12-31T07:21:07.062-07:00Our Vision #17: Mill and Assayer’s Cabin<div class="MsoNormal"><style>
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historic attraction of the Ute Ulay site, as well as another source of revenue. There may be potential for a partnership with
the Hard Tack Mine, and with miner Matt Ingram, who could give tours or record
an audio guide. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Building walkways around and through the mill would solve the problem
of a costly indoor restoration, allowing visitors to view the complex machinery
and imagine the milling process. A sound artist could be invited to repurpose
some of the machinery as kinetic sculptures, giving visitors a sense of the
industrial cacophony inside a working ore mill.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The assayer’s office next to the mill might be reused
as a workspace for a resident artist or writer or building administrator. </span></span>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-73953260516355069402011-12-22T12:29:00.001-07:002011-12-31T07:20:49.247-07:00Our Vision #16: Tramway, Zipline, Waterslide<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ute Ulay adventure loop</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">In our vision, a low-energy, small tramcar would carry two people up the slope. At the top, visitors would have the choice to ride the tram down or take a zipline to the inoperative Ute Ulay dam. If the flume were also reinstated, one could waterslide back to the mill site, completing the Ute Ulay loop adventure.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">old flume path trail</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">One area that particularly stands out is the path of the old flume that transported tailings from the mill to a field west of the site. Cut into the hillside at a gentle slope, this is an ideal spot to situate an interpretive trail, leading casual walkers away from the Ute Ulay to a Bureau of Land Management reclamation site. The educational content found around the trails should employ natural materials as well as local poetry and anecdotes.</span></span> </div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-31753487407327346572011-12-19T09:57:00.002-07:002011-12-31T07:20:18.648-07:00Our Vision #14: Transportation<style>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Burro ride to the Ute Ulay anyone?</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"> Shuttle pick-ups scheduled from Lake City, in the form of car or burro, are two possibilities that would have the additional benefit of cutting down on the need for parking space.</span></span> </div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-88580269971659854442011-12-18T05:13:00.002-07:002011-12-31T07:20:01.497-07:00Our Vision #13: Water Tank as Camera Obscura<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The term <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;">camera obscura </span></i>comes from the Latin for “dark vaulted chamber.” Popular in Victorian times, the camera obscura is an optical devise that projects an image of its surroundings onto a screen. Also referred to as The Mirror of Life, camera obscuras were seen in many U.S. parks and public spaces from the 1870s to 1950s. The proposal to use the water tank at the Ute Ulay as a periscope camera obscura combines two methods of viewing the surroundings in one experience. Light is tunneled down a shaft (not unlike light filtering down a mine shaft) to project a moving image onto a concave dish. Inside the tower, viewers may manipulate the periscope themselves or with the help of a guide.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1880s Redwood Water Tank as Camera Obscura</td></tr>
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</style><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Just up the hill from the headframe there is a small grove of aspen. Among the trees, at the top of what is currently a dry streambed, is a natural spring where water flows out of the earth into a concrete cistern. It could easily be made into a more natural pool.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyDeM1CIsF3RgAFDMsEeq5-p0AaUMeNNHazweZF7VVxmZ6eHGnN8Iu0UsFUUojjXOQl-Kc5i9QpkHvhOC1ephuWdBwPcFllY9pCWmbJGdTUxZ5eW7-fD8ankx8XJsc2S1fX1nUqQosUw/s1600/6b_Picnic_LW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyDeM1CIsF3RgAFDMsEeq5-p0AaUMeNNHazweZF7VVxmZ6eHGnN8Iu0UsFUUojjXOQl-Kc5i9QpkHvhOC1ephuWdBwPcFllY9pCWmbJGdTUxZ5eW7-fD8ankx8XJsc2S1fX1nUqQosUw/s400/6b_Picnic_LW.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The flat area between the headframe and the water tank is an ideal place to establish an accessible overlook, community space, and picnic area. Since it is also adjacent to the education building, the space is perfect for nature and history talks, poetry readings, and to give an overview to the mining and milling process. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Design elements of the plaza and picnic area should have symbolic value and create an inviting place. Circular forms made of rock, brick, or steel may refer to the many layers of time and human history at the site. Circles also evoke the Ute Indian baskets and tepees, historic kilns, as well as gears and other mining equipment. A fire ring would encourage storytelling and a sense of community. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The overlook needs a fence for safety. This should be considered an opportunity for engaging an artist to make this utilitarian object an integrated part of the character of the Ute Ulay site.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-88210436638564689272011-11-27T10:33:00.000-07:002011-11-27T10:33:09.036-07:00Our Vision #10: Hostel & Cabins [2/2]<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Additional Housing</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Recycled materials from the site and environs could be used to construct additional low-impact housing on the site. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span></span></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piet Hein Eek's log cabins imagined at the Ute Ulay</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><span>Dutch designer and architect <a href="http://www.pietheineek.nl/en">Piet Hein Eek</a> is known for his use of scrap-wood furniture and recycled building materials. Pictured here is a log cabin he designed for the entertainer Hans Liberg. The structural elements consist of a salvaged steel frame, log exterior, sheep’s wool for insulation, and painted plywood interiors. Set on wheels, the cabin can be easily relocated. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></span></b></span></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-36923490880337615422011-11-21T11:11:00.002-07:002011-11-21T11:17:25.774-07:00Our Vision #9: Hostel & Cabins [1/2]<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">This is the first element within <a href="http://hardrockrevision.blogspot.com/2011/09/three-stage-approach.html">STAGE II </a></span></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">miner’s boardinghouse</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The miner’s boardinghouse and the two cabins will be a revenue-generating hostel, reflecting the buildings’ original use. Structures will undergo a deep energy retrofit to preserve historic character while becoming energy efficient. Thoughtful interior decoration could interpret the site’s history. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Winterization will be self-contained in the boardinghouse, with cabins for summer use. The main structure will include private and group bedrooms, hot showers, plumbing, gathering space, and a communal kitchen. Other amenities could include interpretive resources, educational programming, and a small-scale farming endeavor with chickens or alpacas. A live-in site caretaker, potentially a VISTA volunteer or artist-in-residence, could handle online reservations, light housekeeping, and greeting duties. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Marketing would target ice climbers, backpackers, corporate retreats, family reunions, and student groups. A price spectrum could be implemented to include a special rate for locals and work-trades for low-income visitors; one or both cabins may be renovated into more private, rustic luxury accommodations. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Creative interior and exterior wallpapering, drawing on the structure’s original wallpaper and Victorian patterns, could emphasize the hidden history of domesticity within the mining landscape. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Adit Closure: Aeolian Harps.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">In the immediate future, adits at the Ute Ulay site will need to be closed off. Usually this is done by placing grills or gates at the entrance of the adit.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The gate structure could be modified to include aeolian harps that take advantage of the natural movement of air through the mine. In winter, the warmer air inside the adit rushes upward through the mine shaft; in summer, when the air inside is cooler than the outside air, the flow is reversed. Aeolian harps are sensitive to the movement of air and produce different sounds depending on the force of the wind. Different tonal ranges are created through the use of differing tensions in the metal construction of the harp.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aeolian Harps in the Ute Ulay adits</td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Alternatively, adits could be closed several yards back so that visitors could enter the adit briefly and experience the space of the mine; rock walls could be painted iridescent gold or silver.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Another option might be to have an artist install a peephole tube from outside the adit or shaft into a diorama created just inside the mine. A visitor might see a tiny scene or collection of precious minerals inside. </span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-7959497599207447532011-11-01T11:35:00.004-06:002011-11-21T11:16:34.290-07:00Our Vision #6: Early Art Integration [2/4]<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Structure Splinting</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">There are two frame structures on the Ute Ulay site in need of immediate repair, the head frame and the remains of the flume head at the former mill site. Both of these historical fragments communicate how the mine worked at the height of its productive life. </span></span><br />
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</style><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">historic structure splinting</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">In medical parlance, bone fractures can be held together using internal and external orthopedic metal splints. If we consider the frame structures as skeletons of the industrial past, an aesthetic sculptural component of the remediation process could be making visible methods of repair. </span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-44166340622766515932011-10-10T12:03:00.002-06:002011-11-21T11:16:19.149-07:00Our Vision #5: Early Art Integration [1/4]<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Roof Tarps</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Many of the buildings on the town site and mill site are currently degrading due to inadequate roofing, and the community has considered installing tarps as a short-term solution. This presents an opportunity to embellish the site with creative tarps in lieu of plain blue ones. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Protective vinyl tarps could be printed with images or information related to future creative enhancements of the site. For example, one tarp may showcase how the water storage tank may be transformed into a camera obscura. Alternatively, tarps could display historical imagery of miners who once worked at the Ute Ulay. This imagery could be provided by the historical society or created by an arts group or class. After the tarps are used, they can be transformed into tote bags as a fundraiser.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">Phyto- or green remediation looks to nature to help clean up contaminated soils. It is cheaper and of lower impact than more traditional remediation methods. In particular, phytoremediation uses plants to draw heavy metals out of the soil. Although this process has not been scientifically proven to treat lead contamination, there are scientists who think it might be possible. A cheap and quick-to-construct hoop house on top of a small area of lead-heavy tailings could serve as a research center for phytoremediation techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6726387170436671372.post-35270655810869580482011-10-04T12:41:00.003-06:002011-11-21T11:15:48.304-07:00Our Vision #3: Art and Educational Programming<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">A wide variety of educational opportunities could be offered at the Ute Ulay. Toward this aim, a central building for staff, storage, and small group meetings could be located in a new structure behind the headframe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;">The Ute Ulay holds the potential for educational programming for all ages and could include opportunities for school groups, workshops, and university research, as well as the casual tourist. Educational tools include creative signage, historically sensitive design, and tours. Text and images can be embedded throughout the site and sourced from an interdisciplinary array of poetry, diaries, maps, history, and science. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Becky Sobellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268755869650849941noreply@blogger.com0