Posted by Eric Abraham on June 06, 2006 at 14:01:50 from 63.245.133.212 user EricAbraham.
In Reply to: Re: Slate Quarries (was rock music) posted by Jock on June 05, 2006 at 16:40:25:
For those who are interested in Steam Engines AND mining, the Coal Mine Museum in Madrid, New Mexico (about thirty miles South of Santa Fe on the back road - Always Travel the Back Roads - ) should still be in operation. It contains two old Steam Engines and a demonstration mine shaft made for tourists which goes in a couple hundred feet so you can safely experience a "real" mineshaft. We lived there for a year and three months in '65-6. I think it is still in operation. It was the only place west of the Mississippi that had both Bituminous and Anthricite coal in the same location. No lakes, but great places for kids to explore!
Eric Abraham - Exotic Kansas