Category: Mine Museums and Tours
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CHOLLAR MINE (VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA)
“The current tour at the Chollar Mine is a guided tour that lasts a half an hour. Visitors walk with the guide approximately 400 horizontal feet into the main haulage tunnel. The guide explains the difficult conditions for men underground, how the ore body was formed, and the technological advances necessary to mine.” Click Here…
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BONANZA OPAL MINES (DENIO, NEVADA)
“At Bonanza, you can dig for opals amidst the rugged beauty of the Virgin Valley in northern Nevada. Opal digging is a great family event, or just fun on your own. Besides opal digging, the mine is surrounded by fantastic high-desert landscape and wildlife, with plenty to do and explorefor the outdoor enthusiast, rock hound,…
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BEST AND BELCHER MINE TOUR (VIRGINIA CITY, NEVADA)
“See the complete underground mine workings of an authentic gold and silver mine. Experienced miners will guide you through tunnels as you descend deep into the shaft. You will see the actual tunnels, crosscuts, drifts and various tools that the miners used in the old Comstock. One can experience what life was really like for…
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HAPPY JACK CHALK MINE TOUR (SCOTIA, NEBRASKA)
“The Happy Jack Chalk Mine is one of the most unusual and interesting sites of geological interest on the Great Plains. It is one of only two underground diatomic mines known to have existed in the United States, and the only one that is open to the public” Click Here for More Information on the…