Black Gold City Take the mine cart down to the gold mine.

Ouro Preto is hosting a winter music festival recently, so I rushed there on the weekend. In addition to visiting the historic city, I also wanted to visit the gold mine~ Ouro Preto means "black gold" because the gold mine here contains palladium, which can absorb gas, making the surface of gold appear black. The gold mine we chose is located in Mina de Ouro da Passagem, 8 kilometers away from Ouro Preto. Only this gold mine can take a car down into the mine. The visit time is very short, about 40 minutes. The mine car descends 120 meters. There is a clear green pool at the bottom. You can dive in the mine through a professional company. I came to this mine just for the mining cars. It reminded me of the sentence I listened to countless times in the IELTS listening test and could even recite it after such a long time: "Travel on converted mining trains and journey into the depths of the mountain along seams once worked by hundreds of miners." In the past, there was a word in the Black Gold City called Meninos de Couro, which refers to the black boys who engaged in manual gold mining. There is a deep pit here, which is very narrow but has a very high gold content. These little slaves carry a leather bag to transport materials... During the tour, the staff will explain the mining methods, the types of ore and the history of slaves, but all of them are explained in Portuguese. The gold mine can be reached by taxi or public bus: Taxi: Uber is not available here, and no one will take orders for 99. Local taxi apps include ubzi car or 2v passageiro, or you can hail one on the street. Public bus: Take the bus to Mariana from Terminal Rodoviario 8 de Julho and tell the conductor to get off at the Gold Mine. If you don't take the mine cart and just want to visit the gold mine, there are many gold mines in this small town, which have all become museums after the resources were exhausted. They are: Minas Do Palácio Velho Mina Chico Rei Mina de Ouro Felipe dos Santos Mina do Bijoca Mina de Ouro 13 de Maio- Casa de Mineração Santa Efigênia Mina Du Veloso Attention! The mine I visited only accepts cash tickets!