Today we slept in til 9am! It felt so nice! Brian made us a good breakfast, we packed a lunch and headed to our next excursion, the Molly Kathleen Gold Mine. I wasn't super excited because we were going underground. I just don't like the feeling of being that far underground with no signs of daylight. But, it ended up being super fun and one of my favorite days. We did go 1000 ft below the surface and our guide showed us amazing things from real gold to the machines the men used to mine the gold. It was fascinating. A job most of us would NOT sign up for. After our tour the girls got a gold nugget to take home with them.
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| Here we are! |
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| Nice hats huh? Safety is very important! |
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| Emily and Caitlin thought this sign was funny so we had to take a picture of it. |
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| The car we rode down in. We had 8 of us on the car.! |
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| Brian and Natalie trying out the mining bicycle |
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| Lovely ladies with lovely hard hats. |
The train ride took us to a Ghost town called "Anaconda". There were only a few buildings left after a fire swept thru the town. In a year or two the current gold mine will cover the ghost town with rubble from the mountain its mining. Sad. I loved the history of these small towns and wonder what it was like to grow up back in the day. The girls had a good ride but didn't enjoy the smelly steam coming from the engine. Ironically we met a family from MN. Small world. After our train ride we found another ice cream shop and then headed for home. I had a chocolate almond espresso cone - it was one of my favorites!
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| An old mine burnt out and above it the mountain they're currently mining for gold. |
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| The black smith shop in Ananconda |
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