Quincy Mine

Well, gracious. I'm still blogging about the first day of vacation! And we've been home for three weeks!

After the Pasty Fest, we rested in the hotel room for a bit and then headed south a few miles for the Quincy Mine Site, which offers a tour of an old copper mine.

This was not an ideal outing for a tired 2-year-old. While Cooper and Steve toured the hoist building, I carried Katie around, trying to convince her to stop screaming (or talking really loudly).

Then we donned hard hats and warm jackets, provided by the museum, and headed down a steep hill on tram car. Then we climbed in a truck, which took us into the No. 5 shaft and to the seventh level (it has 98 levels). It was about 40 degrees down there. We learned about the working conditions of the copper miners and the advancements in technology. Those men worked hard and at great risk. I loved learning about the kind of work my great-grandfather did.