A Gold Mine Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Don't put anything here Page Title Breadcrumb Text After spending a night and the following morning in Ouro Preto, we headed for a smaller town of Mariana, about 10 km away. On the way, however, we got off the bus to visit a gold mine. This mine is privately owned and the owners charge R$17 for entrance, which includes a trip 100 m down into the mine on a little rail car, an brief excursion there, and a trip back. The mine is supposed to be 300 meters deep, but most of it is flooded. At the 100 m level where we were there was a lake with remarkably transparent water, to a point that you would have to look carefully to see where the water begins. (Maybe that was just because it was dark.) The reflection of the walls in the water gave me some pretty low-light photos (one of those cases where the photo looks better than it did to the naked eye). In this case, not only allowed us to photograph but advertized it as a feature of the excursion. Of course, they don't mention that your pictures would be useless unless you are using a tripod or have a camera with a swiveling body that can be rested on the floor. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_076_8257 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_055_9400 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_058_8100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_073_3461 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_065_8901 2005-10-01-b-mina/20051001_070_9688 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
