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P. Concrete wall with foundation fragment located just south of shed H and <br />• above wooden wall I. Its location suggests its former function as part of the tipple <br />complex. <br />• <br />O. Concrete wall in embankment with large square metal object in association. <br />The wall is U-shaped and cut into embankment at this location. Ii is nearly due <br />south of tipple foundation and in the floodplain of Oak Creek. The precise function <br />of square metal object is unknown, but presumably it was used in the mining process. <br />R. Bathhouse (see Photos 3 and 4). This building is the most complete standing <br />structure on the west side of Oak Creek. It consists of masonry construction in a <br />square shape; it is divided into several rooms. The roof is missing from most of the <br />building and the majority of the pipes and other appliances have been removed. <br />N <br />(Rough sketch map of <br />showerhouse, not to scale.) <br />There is one exterior entrance to the bathhouse, from the small portico on the <br />northeast corner. The large room (I) was apparently clocker-dressing room for the <br />miners. A few wooden benches still remain indicating this function. Wooden debris <br />and piles of dirt litter the floor, along with several mattresses. These are probably <br />remnants of the time, in the late 1940s, when the showerhouse achieved notoriety as <br />an Oak Creek party site; locals would gather here, get drunk, and dance the night <br />away. Both shower room (2 and 5) exhibit on their walls the curious admonition "Do <br />fJot Urinate On Floor!" <br />Room 4 of the bathhouse appears to be another dressing room; the function of <br />Room 3 has not been determined. It is not known why there were separate shower <br />• <br />