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Lakes and Waterfalls - part 7 of Independence Day trip 2015
It didn't take long for us to reach Creede, the small mining town with a rich history. It feels a bit sleepy now, but still keeps some secrets and attractions. One of them is the Underground Mine Museum. There are plenty of mines converted to museums all around the state of Colorado and they are real. Visiting them is like stepping back in time. But they all lack one thing... they don't show you how the mining was changing during the time and what tools were used. They don't teach you about life of miners. The Creede museum is different and that is why we wanted to visit it and learn more about everyday work in the mines. The Underground Mining Museum is the place, where you can see and feel what the miners did in the mines.
The people of Creede approved building this museum in 1990 and three volunteers dug a real mine in the rock wall. All three were experienced miners and were working hard to re-create their working space. Now everybody can go into "real" mine and see 22 displays, telling what the miners do and how they do it.
You can see how the miner makes holes in the rocks and how they blow out the ore.
You can see how the tools were improved during the time and when miners store the explosives.
You can see how they moved the ore out of mine and how the miner's restroom looked like.
You know, despite this not a real mine, it gives you a great feeling how hard and dangerous the miners' life is.
Here
is also a link to the museum site's page where you can see all 22
"stations" (I wasn't able to take pictures of all of them, because of
very severe light conditions - I would say, mostly there was just no light...).
http://www.undergroundminingmuseum.com/mining-museum.html
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Bachelor Loop Creede - part 9 of Independence Day trip 2015
Pictures were taken on July 04, 2015
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