Wherever it is, that's where it is.

Entrance to a 3KM decline into the earth.
A common saying around here goes as follows "Gold is where you find it." In context of Kalgoorlie, this is not some sort of Zen philosophical credo about love striking when you least expect it or doing something that you love, it really just means "where gold is, that's where it is." And its usually underground.



Mechanical dinosaur eats 100 tons of rocky flesh in every bite.







Forget your notions of pick axes and shovels and "There Will Be Blood"y reveries. Today miners make big holes and you just drive right in with a big truck and a bogger and a front end loader and take what you want. Some of these mines go 3KM down--you'd better be outfitted properly.