Sunday: Mining Capelton
The prospectus said: "The Epic Capelton: Visit underground. Bring a warm sweater and walking shoes, the temperature in the mine is 9 ° C. Bring your camera. "Ben is not true.
But before that, I am a first stop by the old neighborhood Lenoxville. The area is charming. This is especially where the university is English Bishop.
I've also met a small animal like a groundhog. If anyone has any idea who this creature, it does not hesitate.
After this first walk, I took the road to the mines. On arrival, I realize that it is in the middle of nowhere, on a mountainside. After purchasing the ticket for the guided tour, you handed me a yellow construction helmet. It gives a nice look, almost as though the blue ponchos the Maid of the Myst Niagara Falls. Then all the visitors boarded a large cart drawn not by horses but by a tractor. Both guides will explain when the mine entrance is not on site but at the top of the mountain and, again, it goes hard! Hence the tractor.
Devant l’entrée, on se divise en deux groupes, un par guide. Un troisième guide en train de sortir nous informe qu’il a perdu trois gamins la semaine passée. Il nous demande de le prévenir si on les retrouve. Notre guide commente avec un : « C’est comme à la guerre, chaque guide à le droit à 10% de perte par visite. ». Et sur ce, on rentre dans la mine.
Au final, on apprend tout plein de choses sur l’exploitation et l’histoire de la mine. Le complexe de Capelton à ouvert en 1863 pour exploiter le cuivre servant à fabriquer des munitions. Le Canada then would sell the United States that were, at that time, during the war of secession. It also explains how to get a mule in a mine tunnel with a vertical input [1] or how to identify a pool of chalcopyrite with candlelight. The tour ends with a short documentary showing the history of mining Capelton with archive images.
The output of the mine is very original. The two groups came together and guides us wonder if it tempts us to return the output in total darkness. Who says nothing consents. Electric lighting is off. We just follow the little arrows phosphorescent, only elements visible during the fifty yards separating us from the exit. I do not even see the tip of my nose. Fortunately, the exit tunnel in a straight line. If you were wondering what places can be totally deprived of light, well at least I can tell you that the mines are part of the lot.
Before returning the cart, everyone has the right to pick up a stone from the ground chalcopyrite.
That looks like mine:
[1]: Dialogue at the bottom of the mine.
- You think it does what the mule when trying to make it fit in a large vertical black hole?
- Uh, she does not want?
- Absolutely. Suddenly, he was blindfolded and he attaches the legs. But the problem is that it may turn your stomach if it wriggles during descent. We must therefore make lunch three days before making it back.
Later ...
- When a minor is injured while working, he must send for the doctor. But he too, when he saw the big black hole, it does not really want to go home. So what do we do?
- We fasted three days?
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