Gold Mines
These unique gold mine & ghost town tours offer you a chance to go down 1,000 feet in the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine and step into the boots of the 1890's hard rock miner. You will ride the man-skip down to the 10th level and walk through time as your tour guide explains the 100-year-old mine and it's heritage. After which, you will board a modern shuttle and learn about the mine with a rich past and promising future – the famous Cresson Gold Mine operated by Victor Gold Mining Company.The single largest surface gold mine in the state is the Cresson Mine. This mine is currently is extracting 225,000 ounces of gold annually. Using surface techniques to remove the gold ore, and modernizing leaching methods developed in the district in the late 1890's, Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company has brought new life to the Cresson Mine. These tours take tourists through the largest concentration of ghost towns and old gold mines in the state.