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  • Underground Mining

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    “Sub-surface mining consists of digging tunnels or shafts into the earth to reach buried ore deposits. Ore, for processing, and waste rock, for disposal, are brought to the surface through the tunnels and shafts. Sub-surface mining can be classified by the type of access shafts used, the extraction method or the technique used to reach…

  • Berkeley Pit (Butte, Montana USA))

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    The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine located in Butte, Montana USA.  The pit began to fill with water after the mine was closed in 1982 and is currently about 900 feet deep.  The water is very acidic (pH of around 2.5) due to dissolved sulfur compounds from the surrounding rock.  The…

  • 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…