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Colorado Lost Mine Tour and Off Road Adventure!
This trip is currently
unavailable.
Explore cool caverns and go inside an authentic old
mine on this thrilling three-hour trip aboard our 6x6 Pinzgauer
Mine-Mobile!
The tour begins in historic downtown Salida, Colorado.
Our Pinzgauer 6x6 military vehicle carries you on 4-wheel drive roads past
geologic features such as the Wellsville Fold and a travertine quarry that
supplied the finest marble this side of Italy in the 1920's. As the road winds
up toward the mine you will experience breathtaking views of colorful rock
outcroppings with the majestic 14,000' Sangre de Cristo Mountains as a back
drop. |
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At the entrance to a historic manganese mine, we
have preserved some of the original service structures including an ore cart,
tipple and the ore chute which carried the manganese ore to the waiting mule-
pulled wagons. The highlight of the tour takes you back in time. We don
hardhats and enter the hard rock tunnel opening and experience what underground
mining was like after the turn of the century. |
The tour includes:
- A short but thrilling complimentary four wheel
drive service takes you to the Wellsville lime kiln ruins and then on to the
entrance of the mine.
- The Lost Mine is at an elevation of 8500' and
holds a constant temperature of about 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Learn about the original discovery cut, two
tunnels, three drifts and a stope where the ore was found
- The inside the mine consists of a short and easy
inclined pathway that was blasted out of the massive gray limestone formations
of the Carboniferous Age.
- The guided walking adventure takes you past
deposits of manganese ore, calcite crystals and interesting vugs and veins of
other complex silicates and carbonates.
- Original timber shoring and barricades have been
carefully preserved.
- Your reward at the journey's end is a crystal
coated cavern lined with dolomite, gypsum and calcite deposits that glow under
the UV light show.
| Daily
Departures: |
May to Labor
Day |
| Length: |
3 Hours |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Departure
Time: |
Tours depart at 10 am and
2 pm. |
| Adult Price:
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$45.00 |
| Child Price (12 and
under): |
$35.00 |
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Please arrive at least
10-15 minutes prior to departure time. This allows you time to check in and
relax before your trip departs.
This tour is hosted by
"Lost Mine Tours", Monty Holmes, proprietor. |
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Lost Mine Tour Pre-trip
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