Last week we hosted our first guest, a friend of the Panzarella's, Twigg. On Thursday Matt took a day off from work and the three of us headed up Mt. Morgan, home to the world's most productive gold mine. During their gold rush this tiny little town hosted 13,000 people but is now home to about 3,000.
The town is situated on top of a hill so winding our way up to the top we had some nice views of the area. Once we arrived, we went to the tourist information center housed in the old train station. We arrived just in time to make the morning tour of the mine. The tour took us on an overview of the town pointing out some of the historic sites like the old suspension footbridge, the town bell, the pub, and various other historic buildings. Then they took us up to the mine. Here we were able to walk through the main building that had been converted to a museum dedicated to the history of the mine and mining. After our tour guides drove us around the grounds of the old mine and we had the opportunity to look at some of the old mining equipment. We also had the opportunity to observe some dinosaur footprints that were discovered in one of the mine's tunnel. There were even some kangaroos spotted along the way!
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