This article is for the human character from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. For the bear of the same name from Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars, see Rocky, Mother Lode and Nugget.
"Mother Lode" is a character from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
History[]
Background[]
"Mother Lode" is a woman who ran the Gold Dust Saloon in the mining boom-town of Tumbleweed during the 1880s-1890s. Mother Lode's establishment served as a hall for the miners of the Big Thunder Mining Company, while also providing them with hot baths, pure wines, cigars, liquor and cold lager. Due to the Big Thunder Mining Company upsetting the spirits of Big Thunder Mountain, the town experienced an intense drought, followed by the townsfolk paying con-artist, "Rain-Maker" Cumulus Isobar for assistance, only for the town to be hit by a flash-flood that submerged the saloon store in water; though this did not hinder its partying at night.
At some point, Mother Lode was also known for running a pack-mule riding service through the, "Nature's Wonderland" of the Rainbow Ridge region, also in the vicinity of Big Thunder.
Appearances[]
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad[]
Posters for the Gold Dust Saloon appear in the queue and the building is passed by on the attraction.
Pack Mules Through Nature's Wonderland[]
Mother Lode was identified on a sign as running the pack mule service.[1]
Trivia[]
- Mother Lode shares her name with one of the bears from Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars, an attraction which Big Thunder Mountain Railroad has a shared continuity with.
- A notice in the queue identifies folk-hero Pecos Bill as celebrating his marriage with Slue-Foot Sue within Mother Lode's establishment.
- Townsfolk can be seen partying in the saloon's windows at night.