Balatoc Mine Tours Baguio
Philippines - Cebu - Boracay - Baguio - Manila
Balatoc Mines Tour is one of the exclusive and first ever show mine in the whole of Philippines. The entrance of the mine is at around 600 m. The Balatoc mine had nine main levels and nine sublevels but now these levels are not frequently operated.
The aim of Balatic mine visit is actually to reveal the daily life of a miner. At the outset the visitors are introduced to the round metal sheet locally known as Chapa. These act as IDs for the miners and the visitors are introduced to them. Mine visitors get Wellingtons and a hard hat while entering the mine. Once inside the mine the visitors are shown the way the tunnels were dug. Another objective of mine tour is to elucidate the mucking and the transport used for bearing gold ore to the surface.
The Balatoc Mine Tour provides the visitor with the opportunity to witness the historical procedure of mining in the Balatoc Mining area. Old furnaces which was used to melt ore and poured out into molds are also shown to the visitors.
Balatoc Mine Tour also takes its visitors underneath where a museum is also located. The mine museum conveys the techniques of gold mining to them. Gold bars or Bullions which are company souvenir are also displayed there. Mineral collections present specimens of various ores also of high grade and the white limestone rocks decorated with beads of gold lining.
Balatoc Mine tour is worthy enough because it gives the visitor the idea of gold mining. Though Balatoc Mine is closed of its operation at present yet the visitors are allowed to enter the mine by mine trains. This remains a thrilling experience for all the visitors to Baguio, Philippines.