Crystal and I had the wonderful opportunity to educate fifth and sixth graders in Sterling, Alaska today on the joys and wonders of abandoned mine exploration. With a heavy emphasis on safety, we explained the importance of abandoned mine preservation and told them of our group's latest adventures and service projects. The children were very excited and had lots of great questions, "If you got stuck in a mine would you drink the water in there?", "How many mines are in Alaska?", "Do you guys ever get scared?", were just a couple. Crystal passed around a few mineral samples and artifacts while I presented a slide show and a short video. Many of the children expressed interest in joining the group, but were disappointed to find out that they had to be at least eighteen to accompany us on any exploration trips. A few vowed to come find us when they were of age and I heard one child say he was going to take pictures off our website and post them on his MySpace. We passed out little Mojave Underground Mine Team stickers to all the kids and then we finished up by eating chocolate Brownies. Crystal and I were thrilled to talk about our favorite activity while teaching the children about the historical and economical importance of mining past and present. We look forward to many future opportunities teaching children of all ages in many different places.
Mojave Underground in the classroom
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Mojave Underground in the classroom
-Stuart Burgess
Mojave Mine Team
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Burgess Exploration LLC
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What a wonderful opportunity to help educate children regarding historical preservation of mine sites and the adventure of abandoned mine exploration. I hope more opportunities like this come up in the future. Good job Stu and Crystal! Hope your enjoying your Alaskan adventures -
That's just awesome! here I thought you were on a vacation! Great to get the word out to young people about historcial preservation and exploration. If only there were a Utah audeince not totally tainted by S.O.S.A. Great job - I want to see that slideshow presentation!Miah
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The best way to get people interested is most commonly through their children. Sounds like you guys had fun!-Jake Burgess
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