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Homestake Gold Mine Visitors Center Tours

160 Main Street, Lead, South Dakota

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www.homestaketour.com

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We stopped at the FREE viewing area and museum /gift shop. more on TripAdvisor

Took the bus tour which was a very informative trip thru the town and ground level mine operation buildings. more on TripAdvisor

After the tour, you return to the depot and can, if you wish pan for gold. more on TripAdvisor

We then boarded an adequately comfortable bus (more of a trolley really) for a quick tour of the town and some of its historic structures. more on TripAdvisor

It starts at the Homestake Visitors Center which is a modern facility perched on the edge of the open cut (a hole that is a mile across and 1200 feet deep). more on TripAdvisor

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I guess this is a review of what I didn't see. I stopped at the visitor center (they certainly need better signage...I drove right past it twice). I viewed the huge open pit there, for free...thank yo ... more on TripAdvisor

This is a roughly one hour tram tour of the town of Lead (pronounced Leed) and the Homestake Gold Mine which was the dominant industry in the town for many years. The tour guides do a good job of expl ... more on TripAdvisor

Neat place to visit! The open cut mine at Homestake Mine is enormous! We stopped at the FREE viewing area and museum/gift shop. The mine was so deep that we couldn't even see the bottom from the viewi ... more on TripAdvisor

Great tour of the remains of the Homestake Mining Company. It starts at their museum and then we loaded onto a bus for a tour of the town and up to the top of tall hill where there are still a few bui ... more on TripAdvisor

You might be tempted to just drive straight thru the town of Lead (pronounced Leed for you tourists) on your way to other Black Hills sights as we were but we were glad we made this stop. Took the bus ... more on TripAdvisor