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Aaron Marcavitch wrote: > The part I liked about it was that the guy was into > mines, he wants to open one as a museum. How many of > those sorts of things are out there? Just wondering, > because an inkling of an idea for a thesis project > just rolled across my mind. > Aaron > www.aaronmarcavitch.com There are a number of mines open as museums. Poland and Germany have salt mines. Natl. Geographic did an article on the Polish one a few years ago. Arizona has a mine in Bisbee. Scranton, Pa- Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour Ashland, Pa- Museum of Anthracite Mining and Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine St. Boniface, PA- Seldom Seen Inc., coal mine tour. Tarentum, PA- Tour-Ed Mine and Museum Beckley, WV- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine Pocahontas, VA- Pocahontas Exhibition Mine and Museum East Granby, CT- Old New Gate Prison and Copper Mine North Creek, NC- Gore Mt. Garnet Mine Cornwall, PA- largest open pit mine in the East (nice lake!) There are lots more. AAA lists mines as a category in all of their tour books. The Deutches Museum in Munich, Germany has a coal and iron mine recreation. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%