>>767850This is the entrance to the 800 Level as of Saturday. Last year it was on the verge of collapsing (OP photo). New Carolin Gold Corp has since installed and buried this tunnel to prevent the inevitable collapse of the old portal.
On Saturday the entrance to 800 Level was flooded with knee high water, extremely cold. Inside of the mine it is cold enough to see your breath all year round. Outside of the summer months the entire mine is filled with long stalactites, sometimes stretching from the ceiling all of the way to the ground, barricading sections of the mine with ice.
There is a video on YouTube of some guys exploring the 800 Level on dirtbikes in November 2014 while the mine is filled with ice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXtsCGNn034 