To Sudbury

2011/08/23

Another short day, but it’s amazing what a difference a good sleep makes. I felt really good today and the trip seemed much shorter. Must remember to sleep more.

The only significant stop was in the town of Bruce Mines, where they had a small copper mine tour I wanted to take in.  Unfortunately it was closed due to vandalism, so I settled for the museum.  Decent collection for a small town museum, and this unexpected highlight: they played a working wax cylinder record for me!

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I never expected to see one of these beasts in working order.  Sound quality was much better than I expected.

In Sudbury, I hoped to take in the local mine tour as well, but I arrived too late. Will have to do in the morning.  But I got a photo of Canada’s least convenient bit of pocket change:

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I had also hoped to visit the slag heap tonight:

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When I was a kid my father took me out here after dark once to watch them pour molten slag down the side of the heap – it was neat, like watching mini-volcanoes.  But I’m told they are currently dumping on the hidden far side, so that show’s not on tonight.

Little-known fact: Sudbury sits in the second-largest known impact crater on earth.  Nothing really visible from the ground though.

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