Museum
Black Hills Mining Museum
12 locals recommend,
Location
323 West Main Street
Lead, SD
Tips from locals
Simulates an underground mine- very cool and my kids always loved this tour.
This place is unexpectedly cool. You know those rides at Disneyland like the matterhorn where you feel like you're really in a mountain? This is what this place is like. The top level is a gift shop, and historical items. Then they take you down, down, down into the "mine". They had miners build a lot of the items so it really represents what the Homestake Mine looks like. Only open seasonally in the summer months.
This place is unexpectedly cool. You know those rides at Disneyland like the matterhorn where you feel like you're really in a mountain? This is what this place is like. The top level is a gift shop, and historical items. Then they take you down, down, down into the "mine". They had miners build a l…
This is a really cool place. Black Hills Mining Museum, located in the mile-high city of Lead. ... the preservation of the rich mining heritage of the Black Hills of South Dakota