The tour starts with a elevator ride down to the 650' level. During the elevator ride you experience absolute darkness. Once at the bottom you notice it is not like any other mine...the ceilings are tall (9 feet) and the rooms are large. We boarded a tram and were taken around to various sections of the mine. We then disembarked the tram and continued with the self-guided tour through the museum area which includes old mining equipment, videos describing the mining process and other informative dioramas.
The Underground Vault and Storage Company maintains a facility in the mine. It is a secure storage facility for anything valuable, including corporate records, computer backups, medical records, etc. Many of the original copies of movies are stored in the facility, including the original copy of "Gone with the Wind". Other movie memorabilia is stored in the facility. See pictures below of the "Noisy Cricket" gun from the movie "Men in Black" and the Batman suit worn by George Clooney in the movie "Batman and Robin".
