Today we had a look at the underground hospital. It isn’t still running. It was used in WWll after the bombing of Darwin because they were worried that the Japanese would bomb Mt Isa as well. They had it underground mostly because it would camouflage better than an above ground one. It still had some of the beds and other things in it. Next we went to a underground mine and had a tour. They mine copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold. We went down to the underground mine in this lift cage. It gave me a fright. The miner that was the guide let Tara press the buttons to make the lift go. In the mine there was a rail way. We saw some of the machines. They were big. There was one very big one that could do nearly everything like drilling holes. We learnt that most of the truck drivers are female because they are safer drivers. Most of the geologists are females too. They told us how they set up the explosives. The explosives are used to explode parts of the walls to get more minerals. Mum had a go at using a compressed air drill. Next we went to the city look out. We could see most of the town. There was a pole with lots of towns and country’s with arrows pointing towards them. Then we came back .
Tess