Last week in Juneau I went on a very educational shore excursion to a closed gold mine. I learned all about mining for gold and mining in general...all new info for a Georgia girl. At the end I got to pan for some gold and ended up with a few flakes:)

They had a railroad to get the guys up to the top and here's the superintendent's house...they haven't touched it in a few years.
Above is the after picture and below is the before:
This is what the guy's in the mine used...interesting:
Here's the huge ore rock that they dump on the conveyor belt to take to the crusher to get some gold!