Initi?l ?x?min?ti?n ?? w?st? ????sits ?t K?ll? Min?, ?n i??n ??? min? n??? L?stl?i??, ??v??ls t??t i??n-sm?ltin? ?cc????? t???? ??? ???li?? t??n t?? c?nt?m?????? minin? ?ctivit? ??? w?ic? t?? sit? is ??n?wn??. K?ll? Min?, w?ic? ?????t?? ???m t?? 18t? c?nt??? ?ntil 1951, ?????c?? ? ?ni??? t??? ?? i??n ?xi?? t??t w?s ?tiliz?? ??? ? n?m??? ?? in??st?i?l ???lic?ti?ns.

A c?nc?nt??ti?n ?? sl?? w?s ?isc?v???? w??n v?l?nt???s w??? ????i?in? ?n? ?? t?? ?l? min? w??kin?s, ?n? it t??n?? ??t t? ?? l??t?v??s ???m ?l??m??? sm?ltin?, ?n ?nci?nt m?t??? ?s?? t? m?k? w?????t i??n ???m i??n ???.

D?. L?? B???, ?n ??c????l??ist ?t D??tm??? N?ti?n?l P??k, ??s ???n ins??ctin? ?n? ??c???in? t?? ????m?nts.

H? s?i?: “T?? ?in?s ??? v??? ?xcitin? ??c??s? it ??ts t?? ?ist??? ?? ??m?n ?ctivit? ?t K?ll? Min? ??ck ??????l? ?? ?v?? ? t???s?n? ????s, c??t?inl? m?c? ???li?? t??n t?? 18t? C?nt???. (Pl?m??t? Liv?)

“T?? t???s ?n? ???ntiti?s ?? sl?? ???s?nt s????st i??n w?s ??in? ?????c?? ?n ? ??l?tiv?l? sm?ll sc?l?, ??????l? j?st ??? l?c?l n???s. T?? m?t??i?l l??ks ?nlik? t?? t??ic?l w?st? ???m M??i?v?l ?? R?m?n i??n ?????cti?n, ?n? it is ??ssi?l? w? ??? l??kin? ?t ?vi??nc? ??? ????ist??ic sm?ltin? ?n t?? sit?. It’s ? v?l???l? insi??t int? ? l?ss??-kn?wn ???t ?? D??tm???’s ?ist???.”

“W?il? its tin minin? ?n? in??st?i?l sit?s ?tt??ct l?ts ?? ?tt?nti?n, it’s ??scin?tin? t? ?isc?v?? ???s? in???m?ti?n t??t s??ws ? wi??? ??n?? ?? min???ls ??v? ???n ?x?l?it?? in t?? ???i?n.”

K?ll? Min? is ?n? ?? D??tm???’s im???t?nt in??st?i?l ?ist??ic?l sit?s. T?? ?i?st ??????nc? t? w??kin?s ??t?s t? ????n? 1797 ??t t?? ?i?st ???ici?l ??c??? ?? t?? min? is in 1877. It ?ltim?t?l? s??t ??wn in 1951. F?? ????s, t?? ???i?m?nt ?n? l?c?ti?n s?t i?l? ?ntil 1984, w??n t?? l?n??wn?? l??s?? t?? ??????t? t? ? ????? ?? minin? ?nt??si?sts.