Awesome!! I get to wear a miners helmet with a light and a jacket and a pair of red overtrousers tucked into long gumboots!I got my mask and got on the bus to go to the Miners Market.
WOW! Dynamite I said as soon as I got into the building. But it wasn't as I imagined it. I thought it would be red but it was a grey wobbly substance. There were also coca leaves. The miners used these to nimb their feelings so they didn't know how hungry they were and how hard they were working.
After this we went into the mines. I was freaked out because there was Llama blood on the entrance like a splattered grapefruit and the dead Llama was on a building to the side.
When we finally went into the mines, it was hard to breath as we took our train ... well walked single file into the mountain like a train.
We found Tio, the devil of minerals. The miners worshipped him.
Our guide told us of a sickness called Siliconocous. Little did we know that he had it. You get it from all of the dust in the mines and there is not a cure for it.
To get to level two, we had to crawl. We met up with our first miners. They were shovelling dirt into carraiges. There was a tonne of dirt in each carraige. Then they pushed the carraige with the dirt in it. We started walking down again and we found more miners. They were filling up rubber buckets. As one was filled up another fell down. It was like a pattern as the mechanical winch pulled them up the hill.
Next we went down to level three. It looked dirty, smelt dirty and sounded dirty!
When we got out we were told how all of the minerals were taken out of the rocks in the refining plant. There were no safety barriers.
I felt sad that the life for the miners was so bad but I was happy to get out of the mines! By Zahn
Gross! Do I have to wear these horribly ugly mine clothes!!
We had just arrived at the mines and were putting on the ugliest clothes ever! They were ... battery packs, head lamps, helmets, overpants, jackets that were waterproof, bandanas or masks and belts. Just as I was thinking this would be the worst part, little did I know that a. we would be seeing dynamite and b. we would be trudging through the dark muddy tunnels on our hands and knees.
Next we walked into the Miners Market. It was where the miners shopped and was full of gifts that tourists could give to the miners. It had juice, dynamite that anyone could buy, coca leaves and water. We bought them juice and coca leaves.
After all of our sopping we went into the actual mines. As we entered the mines, I had that feeling that everyone gets when they are afraid. There was even Llama blood on the wall! Am I making you scared! Well I should be because at that sight I was scared!
The air thinned which made it hard to breathe. Not sure what to expect we trudged into the depths of the tunne ... into the dark, the cold, the wet, the muddy.
At level one we eyed and sat down beside Tio, the devil god of the tunnel. He had coca leaves and bottles all over him. With only half a penis and a tough life he was still surviving.
At level two we clambered down the steep slopes on hands and knees. We saw miners shovelling the rocks into tyre made buckets and hauling them up the hill.
And at the last but not least, level three, we saw the miners having trouble with their mine cart. It all our group feel sad and realise that life in the mine was not as easy as we thought.
We came out of the mine to see the refining plant where they took the rocks and put them through a series of proceedures to remove the minerals and silver and to leave the excess rock.
So after that it bought us to the end of our day ... and I can tell you now, It wasn't the most fun experience I have had but it was definately the most interesting. By Amber
After this we went into the mines. I was freaked out because there was Llama blood on the entrance like a splattered grapefruit and the dead Llama was on a building to the side.
When we finally went into the mines, it was hard to breath as we took our train ... well walked single file into the mountain like a train.
We found Tio, the devil of minerals. The miners worshipped him.
Our guide told us of a sickness called Siliconocous. Little did we know that he had it. You get it from all of the dust in the mines and there is not a cure for it.
To get to level two, we had to crawl. We met up with our first miners. They were shovelling dirt into carraiges. There was a tonne of dirt in each carraige. Then they pushed the carraige with the dirt in it. We started walking down again and we found more miners. They were filling up rubber buckets. As one was filled up another fell down. It was like a pattern as the mechanical winch pulled them up the hill.
Next we went down to level three. It looked dirty, smelt dirty and sounded dirty!
When we got out we were told how all of the minerals were taken out of the rocks in the refining plant. There were no safety barriers.
I felt sad that the life for the miners was so bad but I was happy to get out of the mines! By Zahn
Gross! Do I have to wear these horribly ugly mine clothes!!
We had just arrived at the mines and were putting on the ugliest clothes ever! They were ... battery packs, head lamps, helmets, overpants, jackets that were waterproof, bandanas or masks and belts. Just as I was thinking this would be the worst part, little did I know that a. we would be seeing dynamite and b. we would be trudging through the dark muddy tunnels on our hands and knees.
Next we walked into the Miners Market. It was where the miners shopped and was full of gifts that tourists could give to the miners. It had juice, dynamite that anyone could buy, coca leaves and water. We bought them juice and coca leaves.
After all of our sopping we went into the actual mines. As we entered the mines, I had that feeling that everyone gets when they are afraid. There was even Llama blood on the wall! Am I making you scared! Well I should be because at that sight I was scared!
The air thinned which made it hard to breathe. Not sure what to expect we trudged into the depths of the tunne ... into the dark, the cold, the wet, the muddy.
At level one we eyed and sat down beside Tio, the devil god of the tunnel. He had coca leaves and bottles all over him. With only half a penis and a tough life he was still surviving.
At level two we clambered down the steep slopes on hands and knees. We saw miners shovelling the rocks into tyre made buckets and hauling them up the hill.
And at the last but not least, level three, we saw the miners having trouble with their mine cart. It all our group feel sad and realise that life in the mine was not as easy as we thought.
We came out of the mine to see the refining plant where they took the rocks and put them through a series of proceedures to remove the minerals and silver and to leave the excess rock.
So after that it bought us to the end of our day ... and I can tell you now, It wasn't the most fun experience I have had but it was definately the most interesting. By Amber
