Idaho Springs - Argo Gold Mine Mill and Museum

Construction on the Argo Tunnel was started in 1893 and completed in 1910 - it became the longest mining service tunnel in the world. Tours of the Argo Gold Mine, Mill and Museum begin at the hand-dug Double Eagle Mine and end at the Clear Creek Mining Museum in Idaho Springs. From the Double Eagle Mine the tour is self-guided. Visitors can walk through the mine and down through mill reading and observing the equipment and processes used to extract the gold.

Displays feature mining and milling artifacts, pictures and tools used by miners at the turn of the century.

After seeing the mine, mill, and museum a gold panning lesson is given and all paying admissions receive a small bag of ore with real gold.