Location Description and History

Opened in 1946, the Mine shaft tavern was purchased from the Albuquerque and Cerrillos Coal Company and restored in 1982. The original building burned down on Christmas Day, 1944. Oscar Huber, rebuilt the tavern for the many coal miners of the area. It reopened in 1947 and has been open ever since. Some remodeling of the old saloon was completed in 1982; however, no changes were made to its historic bar. The 40 ft. lodge pole pine bar, as well as most  of the furnishings you see, were here in 1946 when the Tavern first opened its doors.

Bartenders, as well as guests have seen glasses fall on their own and break, doors that open and swing back and forth, sounds that can be heard coming from the six inch adobe walls and after closing hours, objects are mysteriously moved about.

Perhaps the most unsettling occurence is when employees look in a mirror and instead of seeing their own reflections, they believe see a ghost of a woman named Madaline.

We started our investigation just before the tavern closed for the evening. We immediately noticed that the walls of the tavern emitted strong magnetic fields. More than likely they are caused by the wiring as the frequency averaged around 60Hz. However we also located serveral DC magnetic fields on the west wall at 12Hz. It is possible that these are subharmonics of the 60Hz fields caused by electromagnetic interactions between the multiple fields. Perhaps these fields are responsible for some of the incidents that people are experiencing.

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