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World's largest abandoned man-made mine becomes a park
The world's largest abandoned manmade mine in Fuxin City of China's northeast Liaoning Province has been converted to a park and will be ready to receive tourists in May.
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The park, with an altitude of minus 175 meters, is 20 meters lower than the lowest land point of China, Aydingkol lake in the Turfan Basin in China's west Xinjiang Province.
"Tourists could have a journey to the center of the earth here," said Li.
Stepping down the stone stairs, people can see coal mine veins formed in the Cretaceous period, animal and plant fossils, and agates in their original forms.
Li said that in the future, tourists could even have a taste of the miners' lives, trying an electric picker, riding a mining train, and even drilling and blasting coal walls with safety explosives.
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04-23-2009, 02:09 PM
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