Category: Mine Museums and Tours
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HOMESTAKE GOLD MINE VISITOR CENTER (LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA)
“The Homestake Visitor Center provides captivating surface tours that explore the historic town of Lead and both Homestake Gold Mine”s underground and surface operations. It also offers free viewing of the historic 1876 Open Cut mining area, artifacts, an informational mining video, historic and educational memorabilia and a gift shop.” Click Here for More Information…
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BLACK HILLS MINING MUSEUM (LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA)
“For more than a century, gold mining had been the #1 industry in Lead and in the Northern Black Hills. Today that mining heritage is cleverly depicted as an educational and fun Black Hills Badlands and Lakes Association Family Approved Attraction.” Click Here for More Information on the Black Hills Mining Museum [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HryaPGB4pbg[/embedyt] [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r1hvwNVTK4[/embedyt] [flexiblemap…
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TOUR-ED MINE (TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA)
“Experience what it was like to be a coal miner in the 1850″s and today. Your guides are experienced coal miners, who will treat you to an amazing, educational tour 160 feet below the Earth”s surface.” Click Here for More Information on the Tour-Ed Mine [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”40.617353,-79.760552″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Tour-Ed Mine…
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PIONEER TUNNEL COAL MINE AND STEAM TRAIN (ASHLAND, PENNSYLVANIA)
“Pioneer Tunnel is a horizontal drift mine. Its level tunnel runs 1800 feet straight into the side of the Mahanoy Mountain. You make the trip in comfort, riding in open mine cars pulled by a battery-operated mine motor.” Click Here for More Information on the Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdhA8fXEAUI[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%”…