On the Berkshire Valley small ore bin in O scale it's real foot print is 3 5/8 inches by 3 1/2 inches with a height of 5 1/4 inches to the top of the mine track's rails. I am looking at running the mine track out of the mine structure to the right as one faces the mine from the spur tracks similar to the landing the men are standing on in the mine photograph in my original reply/ post. For the base track plan the Kansas River and Southern is using a modification of the O Scale Lionel variation of the Gold Hill Central as it is already spaced for O Scale Buildings. The mine will be on the S shaped spur on the far side of the layout from the yard/ passing track. When I researched the Coal Fields of Osage County and Coal Mining in Kansas I found out that most of the mines were near the towns of Carbondale and Burlingame. This part of Osage County is hilly and on the south bank of the Wakarusa River. That terrain down there is almost as rugged as it gets around here with the highest summit being 1300 feet above sea level for Osage County. A structure like the one pictured could be placed on a hillside easily in that type of terrain.
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