I lived in Vermont for twenty three years before moving. I go home for at least two-three weeks per year. I never knew this place existed. Then again, maybe I did and just forgot. It happens. I guess it’s good to hang out with country folk. Even better when country folk happens to be your brother. They seem to know where what’s hidden in the Green Mountains. There’s a lot of things worth looking into when they’re hidden, especially in the mountains. I’m not really sure what I was expecting when my brother told me he was going to show me the asbestos mine, but what I saw definitely wasn’t it.
First, our trip started off just driving around. He’s is looking to buy a house. I was just looking for some good pictures. Then the idea popped into his head followed by:
“It’s down this road.”
We vere off a paved road onto a dirt road in the middle of the mountains. A few miles later we reach a main road again…
“Humm, did you see another road back there?”
We hop back onto the highway and turn down another back, country road.
“This is it!”
On this second road, we can actually kind of see the mine but he says we can get really close. We see some wild turkeys, then the road turns into a four wheeler trail.
“Humm, not this one” he says.
We turn around again, hop onto the main road and turn onto another dirt road,
“Yep, I’m sure this is the one.”
At this point my sister-in-law and I are laughing. Third time is the charm, right?
Sure enough, third time’s the charm!
The asbestos mine is massive. It made me feel like a tiny little aunt about to be swallowed up. Remember ‘Honey I Shrunk The Kids’? Kind of like that. The mine is located on Belvidere Mountain and operated between the early 1990’s until closing in 1993. Obviously, we all know asbestos isn’t good for you but it was something else seeing this place hidden in the mountains. It was like a little ghost town in Vermont.
Has anyone ever come across something that seems so out of place like this?
