What a great way to celebrate our 25th anniversary!
Bridal Veil Falls in the Spearfish Canyon SD
25 years!! What a great adventure!
Beautiful views on the Spearfish Scenic byway
LEAD
as in "lead to the gold" a mining term - not Lead (as in Leadville)
This city is a mile high, mile wide, mile deep!
The beginning open pit of the mine is a mile wide
After the gold ran out, they started developing testing for deep space secrets and black hole information by using the mile deep caverns from the old gold mine to study the sub-atomic particles.
(Neutrinos)
This ring is part of a large stainless steel tank that had to be disassembled, lowered, and reassembled in the mine. It was filled with cleaning fluid to hopefully detect particles that would pass through.
Today they use liquid Argon.
Today they have partnered with Stanford University and scientists from around the world, and still use the 90 year old, very well maintained equipment to access the mine.
Some of the deepest parts of the mine are over 8000 feet down and temperatures are 135 degrees.
Unbelievable working conditions!
Lou would like to ride down in this old cage!
We got a tour through the city and saw the house that Mary Baker Eddy (Christian Science founder) built and gave to her son for a Christmas present.
My favorite part of the trolley ride was on this street thru town
Reminded me of Israel when the bus couldn't get thru the narrow street and the men on the bus had to jump a parked car out of the way. I don't think the men on this trolley would have been able to do that!
The tour guide just went and asked the owner to move his car.
Easy-peasy!
Ended the day witnessing the gun fight in Deadwood.
and finally getting the nerve to eat the Rocky Mountain Oysters!!
