View from the top of the mine

The mine did open up into this room where there was an example of the silver and zinc that used to be mined there. We descended about 80 of the 1550 meters of the mine. Though the minerals harvested here were the main source of the areas wealth for hundreds of years, with no more silver or zinc to be found, it now strictly functions as a museum.

We climbed down 6 of these

You want me to what?!

yeah.. what you can't see in this picture is how wet the ladder was.. notice how you also can't see the top of the ladder.. did I mention that most of the mine is lit only with the head lamps we're wearing??

Did I mention the narrow passages?

It's amazing that these passages were chiseled by hand!

here we go..

um... oh dear..