The temperature was going into the 90’s, so we opted for an indoor adventure on this day. We got a late start, so we decided not to go to a cave (further drive) and went to Keystone to tour the Big Thunder Gold Mine and do a little gold panning.
The mine tour was quite interesting and educational – two men spent 32 years digging out the mine with crude hand tools – sledge hammers and spikes. Gold was discovered in mines on both sides of their claim and across the street, but they never struck it rich with their mine. They found a little gold, but it was low grade.
Sam had a great time gold panning afterwards, and stayed at it for a couple of hours. He found a few flakes, so he was happy!
We went to Matt and Michele’s house for dinner – yum! Sam got in play time, and so did we! J
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