I and a few friends visited the ruins of an old mining town, Franklin, Washington, last Sunday. It’s just some mining operations foundations, a really deep hole, and an overgrown cemetery.
I brought along a Yashica-Mat, and a few point & shoot cameras. Notably, an Olympus Stylus Epic zoom 80. I developed the film at home in Diafine.
Here’s some from the YashicaMat. It’s an affordable TLR, and quite common. F/3.5.

Old water trestle
And the 35mm:

Dropping rocks down a 1300ft (396 meter) hole. You can listen to hit hitting the walls for a very long time.

Hoist for system for lowering mining cars down a shaft by cable
It was quite a fun short hike. I’d do it again for sure. There were more foundations of buildings not pictured here.
Nice shots…I have a yashica mat I use once in awhile.. makes me want to bring it out again
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Nice shots, the film that you used worked well with the Diafine. Great sense of scale in the image of the foundation with you or a friend standing on it. The portraits are nice.
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A day well spent!
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I really like the atmosphere of these shots. I especially like the square format of the Yashica. Now I am wishing I hadn’t broken up with mine in a moment of guilt about having too many cameras. Perhaps I’ll seek out another, using as my excuse that my 52 rolls this year are all dedicated medium format. 🙂
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Super shots especially love the one of the water trestle.
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I love a good ghost town! Beautiful work!
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