Dahlonega

This week we went to Dahlonega. We went to a museum and the gold mine. The museum was cool and it had a lot of artifacts. I learned so much at the museum. We learned how they used a machine to crush the rocks to get the gold out and make coins. It was called a stamp mill. We learned how the used a method called Hydraulic mining to chip a way at the easy rocks. I loved the safe full of gold. There were gold coins, gold pieces, and gold dust. The coins were beautiful. We learned how they found how much the gold weighed. The used a scale and weights to see how much it is. Then we went to the gold mine. It was cold and damp. There were bats it the gold mine. They are the Georgia Brown bats and if you wake them up before April then they will die. They would be hungry and in shock from their hibernation mode. They were small, but full grown. Their wings go to about 1 feet long. We learned how the mining carts moved. The mine was like a big battery the iron holder was to hold the wire that was positive. Then the train tracks were the negative and that was not good for the brain. The gold mine was cool with the train tracks and the other tools that were left there. They used a hammer, pick axes, and shovels in the mine. Our guide at the mine is a world champion gold pannier and he can do it blind folded too. He is in the hall of fame. I think that was cool about him. He has 6 kids and he drinks to big jugs of coffee everyday. We panned for gold and I got 3 pieces of gold that is worth 3 dollars. I think this trip was great trip and I think we will have even more fun the next trip. Please leave a comment.