It was an old fort and all the electric underground wire was in lead pipes. I was only 17 years old at the time and didn't load ammo yet so didn't realize the lead mine I had found. All the wiring was abandoned so it would have been easy to "salvage" a couple hundred pounds of it....
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I finished melting the pure lead and casting ingots ...
- Jim Taylor, 2020-11-06, 14:02
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I was working in the rafters of the utility’s
- WB, 2020-11-06, 15:15
- Years ago I worked at a State Park... - John Ammeter, 2020-11-06, 19:10
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Scotty that’s the lead I got from a friend
- MTM, 2020-11-06, 15:30
- We used to maintain (on rare occasion) sewer pipe - WB, 2020-11-06, 15:48
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Very nice Jim. It’s rewarding to
- MTM, 2020-11-06, 14:06
- A family member gave me this old drain pan .. - Jim Taylor, 2020-11-06, 14:13
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I was working in the rafters of the utility’s
- WB, 2020-11-06, 15:15