Click on the links on this page to learn more about tourist mines and mining museums in various regions in Colorado.
Regions
Argo Gold Mine and Mill (tour)
2317 Riverside
Idaho Springs, CO
(303) 567-2421
Clear Creek Mining and Milling Museum
23rd Avenue and Riverside Drive
Idaho Springs, CO
Edgar Mine (tour)
Colorado Blvd. and 8th Street
365 8th Ave.
Idaho Springs
(303) 567-2911
Phoenix Mine (tour)
Idaho Springs
(303) 567-0422
Capital Prize Gold Mine (tour)
1016 Biddle Street
Georgetown, CO
(303) 569-2468
Lebanon Mine (tour) and Georgetown Loop Railroad
1111 Rose Street
Georgetown
1-888-4-LOOP-RR (1-888-456-6777)
Gilpin County Historical Society Museum
228 E. High Street
Central City, CO 80427
(303) 582-5283
Hidee Gold Mine (tour, appointment only)
County Road 6, Central City/Blackhawk
(303) 989-2861
Gold Panning at Lomax Gulch
301 Ski Hill Road
Breckenridge
Country Boy Mine (tour)
542 French Gulch Road
Breckenridge, CO
(970) 453-4405
Washington Mine and Milling Exhibit (self-guided tour)
465 Illinois Gulch Road
Breckenridge
Summit County Historical Society
(970) 453-9022
Aspen Historical Society
620 W Bleeker St
Aspen, CO
(970) 925-3721
Smuggler Mine and Compromise Mine Aspen Mountain(tour, reservations required)
110 Smuggler Mt. Road, Aspen
(970) 925-3699
(970) 925-2049
Matchless Mine (tour)
414 W. 7th Street
Leadville
(719) 486-3900
(719) 486-1899
National Mining Hall of Fame &, Museum
120 W. 9th
Leadville
(719) 486-1229
Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum
16th and Maple St.
Golden, CO
(303) 273-3815
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver
(303) 322-7009
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
225 North Gate Blvd
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
(719) 488-0880 or 1-800-752-6558
Lafayette Miners Museum
108 E. Simpson Street
Lafayette, CO 80026
(303) 665-7030
Nederland Historical Society and Museum
4th and Bridge Streets
Nederland, Boulder County
(303) 285-3575
Hard Tack Mine (tour)
Hanson Creek and Engineer Pass Road
(970) 944-2506
Creede Underground Mining Museum
Forest Service Road 503 #9
Creede, CO
(719) 658-0811
Last Chance Mine (tour)/Last Chance Mine Museum
Last Chance Mine Rd&, Bachelor Loop Rd
Creede, CO
(719) 568-1059/(719) 238-7959
Ouray County Historical Society and Museum
420 Sixth Street
Ouray
(970) 325-4565
(970) 325-4075
Bachelor Syracuse Mine (tour)
1222 CR 14
Ouray, CO
(970) 325-0220 (summer)
(800) 932-6337 (winter)
Old Hundred Gold Mine (tour)
721 CR 4A
Silverton
(970) 387-5444 or 1-800-872-3009
Mayflower Mill (tour)
2 miles north of Silverton on Highway 110 County Road 2
(970) 387-0294
Lowell Thomas Museum
298 Victor Avenue
Victor
(719) 689-5509
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine (tour)
1 mile north on Highway 67
Cripple Creek
(719) 689-2466
1-888-291-5689 9101
Cripple Creek District Museum
5th and Bennett Avenues, Cripple Creek
(719) 689-2634
Lost Mine (tour)
P.O. Box 3
Salida, CO 81201
(719) 221-6463
Walsenburg Mining Museum
101 E. 5th Street, Walsenburg
(719) 738-1992