Flooded Mine vs. FITH!

[Andymeets1880s]

Is there Flooded Mine hats at SDC? Man...I need to do some serious shopping next time I am there! It's scary what one might do if they had a wad of money to blow on just merchandise! Imagine if someone gave you say $500 and told you you could spend it on merchandise only! 

Whoo Boy! Let the madness begin! 

[rubedugans]

The only hats I know of are the ones like mine from the 1984-85 season. I have seen several different shirts over the years "Property of The Flooded Mine" etc, but not too many hats.Maybe someone else on here has though.

[rubedugans]

So you all sure you don't wanna ride with me? ANYONE?
Here is very early 80's, lovg before the guns, and the covered portion outside when returning to the boarding location.

[DollarCityBoy]

Wow, the water looks so clean and blue!

[How-doFolks]

Heaven forbid you get wet now-a-days.. Or it scares the kids.. That was part of the fun! Like Ozark said on another topic - " we all now live very padded lives."

Oh yeah, Flood'd Mine VS FITH? Neither, i would have a sit down protest.

[Parson B Ready]

I often wondered why they covered that open area up? What's the real scoop?

[rubedugans]

I quite enjoyed as a kid riding through that area and hearing "FIRE" then bubbles would emerge, eventually erupting water, and if we were lucky we would get a bit of a spray.

I think the cover was an attempt to have a ride that was almost fully enclosed, to allow for somewhere to go and ride during any hot or rainy weather...

[History Buff]

I always thought it was the heat of the sun that made them cover it - no one cared about getting wet.  However there should be spray coming from the sides (spray that turns off as the ore car exits the mine), and I don't think it has been working of late.

[Andymeets1880s]

Hey Rube! Hold that boat! I'll jump on with ya!

That's a great pic! That water is so clear!

[marolinesdad]

The spray does work when you leave the mine..  They do turn it off during an old time Christmas but it is on the rest of the year.

[Andymeets1880s]

I had another remembrance of FM. Wasn't there a voice that yelled "Landslide" or "Rockslide! Look out beloooooow!"

Can I get a confirmation here?! 

[Junior]

Yes! Just before leaving the mine for that last leg outside then to the loading dock...there was a "rockslide" in the big wooden tower. The voice would yell "rockslide" and a bunch of foam rubber rocks would fall as a strobe light flickered as a sound effect of crashing rocks went off. The rocks then hit a netting just above  your head. It was a nice little thrill. This was in the period of the late 70s through mid or late 80s. It seemed like for us guys working there it was always breaking down. Maintenance had to fix it all the time.

[rubedugans]

How did the "rocks" reset between rides? I remember it only from below, and could not figure out how it would have worked. I believe there was a net hanging above that would catch the rocks right?

[Junior]

The net caught the foam rocks, but I'm not sure how they were recycled. I only remember the gag broke down a lot. My maintenance guy at the diving bell, Kerry Chester, came up with an innovative way of fixing much of the problem, but it still broke down from time to time.

[rubedugans]

I was just curious. I enjoyed that area more than the current space. The only thing I enjoy about the area is the lack of targets and shooting sounds!