Days of Ore: Solving the Mysteries of Wisconsin's Forgotten Mining Culture

For the past 20 years, Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologist, Tamara Thomsen has worked with landowners and a group of avid, certified cave divers to explore, survey and catalog inundated lead, zinc and iron mines of Wisconsin. From the submerged passages of the state's mining industries, she will share stories, images, video, photogrammetry of artifacts, archaeological surveys, and scientific research of the biofilms that now make these forgotten places their home.