You can tour an 1880s mine, 900 feet inside a mountain

Located in an Idaho region with a rich mining history, the mine was worked in the 1880s before being concealed when the hillside was blasted down.
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19th-century Levi's jeans found in mine shaft sell for more than $87,000

A pair of Levi's jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000. The jeans -- found in an abandoned mine by a "denim archaeologist" -- were bought by ...
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Michigan's once-thriving copper mining town is now an abandoned hamlet with historic charm and unique tours

Michigan's Upper Peninsula contains a small, abandoned mining town that's like a time capsule from the 1800s, and you can see ...
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19th-century Levi’s jeans found in mine shaft sell for more than $87,000

(CNN) — A pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s has sold at an auction in a small town in New Mexico for more than $87,000. The jeans — found in an abandoned mine by a “denim archaeologist” — were ...