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| What else would you do but pan for gold in Kalgoorlie? |
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| Andrew in front of the lift that took us 36 metres underground. |
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| About to start the underground tour of the first ever Kalgoorlie mine, now part of the Miner's Hall of Fame. |
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| Did you know that the name 'Thunder Box' came from the sound of the echo of a worker using the toilet underground. We were also told that the worker who emptied the toilet profited as men smuggled gold out via the dunny. |
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| One of the huge mining trucks behind Chloe and Andrew. |
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| One of the tyres off the truck. |
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| Chloe in one of the scoops used in the Super Pit. |
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| The Super Pit once know as 'The Golden Mile'. The holes in the side walls were tunnels dug by early prospectors by hand up to a hundred years ago before the pit consumed the whole area. |
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| The latest addition to the Museum. This 23 kg nugget was found only last year near Kalgoorlie and is the third largest ever found using a metal detector. |
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