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Article: Park It: Open house planned at Black Diamond Mines

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September 18, 2009
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BLACK DIAMOND Mines Regional Preserve in Antioch will host an open house from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at its Hazel-Atlas Mine underground museum.

Visitors will be able to take free, self-guided tours of the historic mine, with park staff and volunteers posted along the way to provide information and answer questions.

For safety reasons, visitors must be age 7 or older, and children must be accompanied by an adult. Kids younger than 7 are welcome to get the underground feeling by visiting a section of sand mine just inside the portal gate.

About 1,000 feet of old mining tunnels are open to the public, including the mine foreman's underground office and chambers created by sand extraction. ...

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