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Category: Mine Museums and Tours

  • BADGER MINE AND MUSEUM (SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN)

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    “After soaking in Shullsburg”s history, descend 51 steps with your tour guide into a hand-dug nineteenth century lead mine. Although the tour route provides ample open space, you can marvel at the small side tunnels and wonder how men could work within such confined spaces.” Click Here for More Information on the Badger Mine and…

  • BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE (BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA)

    BECKLEY EXHIBITION COAL MINE (BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA)

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    “The main attraction is a tour that takes visitors below ground, under the supervision of an experienced veteran coal miner. Traveling 1500 feet beneath the hillsides of New River Park, visitors are carried along track, riding authentic “man cars” from the mine entrance, to old working areas of the coal mine and back. Stops throughout…

  • POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE AND MUSEUM (POCAHONTAS, VIRGINIA)

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    “The Pocahontas Exhibition Mine and Museum site is that of the Original Pocahontas Mine, which was the first mine opened in the Pocahontas Coal Field. The original mine was opened in 1883 and was worked out in October 1955. The Exhibition Mine was first opened to the public in 1938. It is the only Exhibition…

  • GOLD MINING CAMP AT MONROE PARK (GOLDVEIN, VIRGINIA)

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    The Gold Mining Camp Museum at Monroe Park is the only museum in Virginia solely dedicated to the history of gold and gold mining.” Click Here for More Information on the Gold Mining Camp at Monroe Park [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”38.446749,-77.655854″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Gold Mining Camp at Monroe Park, 14421 Gold Dust Parkway,…