a Beautiful Mine

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  • BEST AND BELCHER MINE TOUR (VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA)

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    “See the complete underground mine workings of an authentic gold and silver mine. Experienced miners will guide you through tunnels as you descend deep into the shaft. You will see the actual tunnels, crosscuts, drifts and various tools that the miners used in the old Comstock. One can experience what life was really like for…

  • HAPPY JACK CHALK MINE TOUR (SCOTIA, NEBRASKA)

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    “The Happy Jack Chalk Mine is one of the most unusual and interesting sites of geological interest on the Great Plains. It is one of only two underground diatomic mines known to have existed in the United States, and the only one that is open to the public” Click Here for More Information on the…

  • THE WORLD MUSEUM OF MINING (BUTTE, MONTANA)

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    “66 major exhibits with dozens of smaller items give you a feel for the kinds of equipment that were used in mining from the 1860s to the 1970s.” Click Here for More Information on the World Museum of Mining [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”46.009772,-112.565265″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”The World Museum of Mining Butte, MT (406)…

  • BERKELEY PIT (BUTTE, MONTANA)

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    “The Berkely Pit, started in 1955, was a large truck-operated open-pit copper mine until mining ceased in 1982. By 1980 nearly 1.5 billion tons of material had been removed from the Pit, including more than 290 million tons of copper ore. The pit enabled Butte to claim the title The Richest Hill on Earth.” Click…