The Mining Hall of Fame is just a kilometre or two out of town. It proved to be a great place to spend Sunday arvo.First I tried my hand at panning for gold. I wasn't too successful, till a pleasant assistant found me a grain or two of the real stuff. Then I headed underground.
The Pit has 13 levels, 11 of which are flooded. It is about 457 mtrs (1500 feet) deep, though we only went to the 1st level, 36.5 mtrs down. Four at a time in the cage.
We were shown around by an old digger who had worked underground all
of his working life. He was a mine (excuse the pun) of information, giving us insights into the past and present state of mining in and around Kalgoorlie.
When he set this drill going the noise was excruciating. Imagine working without ear plugs....apparently they did.
Squeezy in places.
After the Pit, it was above ground again, to watch Gold Pouring.
The guy went from this
to and it still wasn't over. I still had to go through the actual Hall of Fame. Really I didn't have time to do it justice, so that's somewhere else I will have to revisit.
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