Last night,
the History Channel aired a short interesting video in one of
its Modern Marvel series, about a unique enterprise at Luray
Caverns.
I looked on their episode list and could not find it,
so maybe it is too new to be listed?
http://www.history.com/shows/modern-marvels/episodes#slide-21
The manager of the cave is interviewed and explains the process for
removing coins from their wishing well and the procedures they
have for getting the coins cleaned and donated to charities. They
claim their wishing well raises more money for charities than
any other wishing well in a cave.
He states the city has a secret committee that determines which
charity receives the money, which is about $ 30,000 annually.
Ref:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeNFXezISJU
Personally, I found their operation to be very inefficient, and a burden
on too many volunteers who haul the loot to the truck on the surface,
but it was still a well made video and interesting to watch. It seemed
mostly made for curious kids.
David Locklear
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