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| Shute To The Chat Pile. |
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| Boy Scouts Marching Up The Chat Pile. |
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| Aerial View Of The Chat Pile. |
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| 2/3 up? That's A Train! |
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| A Wooden Hand Crank Is How The First Miners Entered The Mine! |
Friday, January 27, 2012
Bonne Terre Mine: History
Bonne Terre Mine: The Mine
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| This pipe pumps one million gallons of water A DAY out of the mine to keep the water level stable. Turn the pumps off? The underwater lake will rise by an inch a day! |
Bonne Terre Mine: The Dives
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| This shot was taken on the floor of level 2. Most of the air bubbles you see are from our visit UNDER this floor while we toured directly below, on level 3! Our bubbles percolate through the rocky floor. |
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