a Beautiful Mine

Category: United States

  • HORIZON COAL MINE TOUR (GILLETTE, WYOMING)

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    “Travel southeast of Gillette to Thunder Basin to see the Black Thunder Coal Mine. This mine is the largest open pit coal mine in the United States. We will get to see large dragline equipment, huge trucks, and the enormous shovels that are used in Campbell County coal mining operations.” Click Here for More Information…

  • THE MINING MUSEUM AND ROLLO JAMISON MUSEUM (PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN)

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    “The museums include an underground tour of the 1845 Bevans Lead Mine, a ride in a 1931 mine train aboveground, and exhibits on Platteville, area history and especially the history of lead and zinc mining in the Upper Mississippi Valley.” Click Here for More Information on the Mining Museum and Rollo Jamison Museum [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQrP2JSac24[/embedyt] [flexiblemap…

  • BADGER MINE AND MUSEUM (SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN)

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    “After soaking in Shullsburg”s history, descend 51 steps with your tour guide into a hand-dug nineteenth century lead mine. Although the tour route provides ample open space, you can marvel at the small side tunnels and wonder how men could work within such confined spaces.” Click Here for More Information on the Badger Mine and…

  • BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE (BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA)

    BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE (BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA)

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    “The main attraction is a tour that takes visitors below ground, under the supervision of an experienced veteran coal miner. Traveling 1500 feet beneath the hillsides of New River Park, visitors are carried along track, riding authentic “man cars” from the mine entrance, to old working areas of the coal mine and back. Stops throughout…