Dahlonega trip

Josh Miller

10/25/12

Dahlonega trip

            My class and I went to Dahlonega for our last trip. We saw many cool things such as a safe with over one million dollars worth of gold coins inside the Dahlonega Gold Museum. The Museum was very interesting and covered with gold. We also went inside the first largest mine in the whole world. There were lots of bats and old tools scattered around. It was dark and cold also. Our tour guide was awesome and showed us a high powered drill that miners used back then to drill through the hard rock. Its power was fifty times higher than the jack hammers used on the streets today. I learned about how to pan for gold and jiggle the pan around so you don’t lose any gold from your pan. I really liked doing that because I got one piece of gold. I learned how gold is made inside phones today and how heavy it can be. I never knew about the fire balls that came flying by miners inside the mine. Overall, I liked the trip and I really am more interested in gold now than I was before.