Common sense isn't.
After visiting the windmills, around sunset one evening we found our way to an abandoned mine. The opening was still accessible (unobstructed), and we looked around and took a few pictures.
There were two mine shafts.
The first is seen in the left center of this picture, and the
second was farther to the left. Towards the right, past the
Suburban, is seen the remnants of ventilation ducting. A steady
stream of water was draining out from the ducting, into a settling
pool, and down the hill.
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This blurry, poorly lit
picture shows the view from the opening into the shaft.
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This picture shows the
second shaft opening, which is nearly covered with brush and
debris.
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A few weeks later we took
these pictures of a piece of mining equipment next to the road a
short distance from the mine. By this time, workers were using
a bulldozer to cover the mine opening and prepare the area for
seeding. Subsequently, this equipment was removed.
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| Quote of the moment |
| Great vigilance must be maintained at all times when dealing in areas about which we do not have great understanding. This, of course, is where science can help. We consider things to be mysterious only when we do not understand them. I realize that results of inquiries are dependent on the experiments employed to achieve them. However, not finding something does not mean that it does not exist. It only proves that the experiment was incapable of finding it. It is also important to keep in mind the limitations imposed by nature itself. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, October 21, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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