Duncan Britton's Photo Gallery
Mine dump surround debris-filled shaft
Around 10' at its tallest, this pile of tailings surrounds the debris-filled remains of an old shaft. Quartz with Azurite and Malachite can be found here.
View of debris-filled shaft
This picture shows a large shaft (around 25' in diameter) which was filled with debris to within 10' or so of the surface.
View down shaft
This picture was taken looking down from the collar of a shaft at the mine. A rough estimate of the collar's dimensions would be around 8'+ wide and 16'+ long. The shaft continues to a great depth, with water at the bottom.
Sketch of the mine workings
Taken from page 203 of Ferguson and Jewell's "Geology and Barite Deposits of the Del Rio District, Cocke County, Tennessee."
Map of the Williams Mine workings
Taken from page 195 of Ferguson and Jewell's "Geology and Barite Deposits of the Del Rio District, Cocke County, Tennessee."
LIDAR Imagery of Williams Mine
This image was created using Tennessee LIDAR data. The "access road" to the adits is the suggested easiest path of approaching the mine. The yellow point represents the coordinates given for the mine on the website.
View of upper mine adits
This picture appears on page 196 of Ferguson and Jewell's 1951 work on the Del Rio district. The picture is looking up slope, with the 2nd mine entrance on the right of the picture. The third mine entrance is on the other side of the column behind where the man is standing. Both of the entrances are still open and provide access to the mine's workings.
Main entrance of the mine
This picture appears on page 197 of Ferguson and Jewell´'s 1951 treatment of the area. The entrance to the mine shown in the picture has caved, although other adits remain open.
Wall of the cut
This image shows one of the walls of the mine's cut, taken near the end of the cut filled with water. The image was captured June 17th, 2018.
View looking into the mine
The image shows the central part of the mine. Part of the large cut was flooded and the rest of the cut has been eroded significantly. Nonetheless, high rock walls stand on both sides of parts of the cut. The walls of the cut stand at least 30' high and are covered in places by mosses and ferns.
