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>
> It is
>like going to find gold in extinct and abandoned mines. The tours though
>have become quite a good business.
>

But abandoned mines are cool and spooky. . . .

maybe I've just seen too many Spielberg films.

(Speaking of mines, academia, and Spielberg, isn't it true that he didn't
get into film grad school at USC, and then later funded a huge building
for them as a way of sticking it to 'em?)