Yes, I remember the original Museum up near Boulder and, when you went in everybody was crowded into the cage and it was lowered down about 100 metres in an old abandoned mine shaft. There could be 20 or more total strangers packed in and standing shoulder to shoulder in the cage. About half way down ,the operator would stop the decent and say, "Now I am going to show what Darkness is really like". He stopped the decent and turned the light off, and believe me I heard a lot of gasps, he left everybody in the darkness for probably 30 seconds to be sure they got the message . I did the trip to take friends down and went through it a few times. After that it was walking around the underground mine looking at Gold Seams in the walls maybe 50 metres away with spot light. I am talking about the 1980s and don't have any idea what it is like today but, if you happen to go past GOOD OLD KAL, check it out.
Simmo
From Golconda, and the Kalgoorlie Boulder Aero Club etc.
G'day Kieth.
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Yes, I remember the original Museum up near Boulder, and when you went in everybody was crowded into the cage and it was lowered down about 100 metres in an old abandoned mine shaft. There could be 20 or more total strangers packed in and standing shoulder to shoulder in the cage. About half way down ,the operator would stop the decent and say, "Now I am going to show what Darkness is really like". He stopped the decent and turned the light off, and believe me I heard a lot of gasps, he left everybody in the darkness for probably 30 seconds to be sure they got the message . I did the trip to take friends down and went through it a few times. After that it was walking around the underground mine looking at Gold Seams in the walls maybe 50 metres away with a spot light. I am talking about the 1980s, and don't have any idea what it is like today but, if you happen to go past GOOD OLD KAL, check it out.
Simmo
From Golconda, and the Kalgoorlie Boulder Aero Club etc.
G'day Kieth.
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Hard work never killed anybody but why take the chance.
The WA state government is facing massive reduction in its tax take due to the down turn in iron ore price and the amount of GST it has to hand over to the East.
Perhaps the museum management should ask the mining billionaires such as Gina and Twiggy to cover the loss each year. I'm sure if asked they would seriously consider saving this great place in return for a brass plaque on the wall! It would probably a be a tax free donation so all up the amount is not very big for billionaires who have benefitted from the mining industry.
I am aways in favor of not relying on governments for this type of stuff anyway.
