Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour-Descend 1000 feet underground

Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine Tour-Descend 1000 feet underground.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine is a historic vertical shaft mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado.The mine shaft descends 1,000 feet into the mountain, a depth roughly equal to the height of the Empire State Building in New York City.The mine currently gives tours, and is visited by around 40,000 people annually.

The mine was started in 1891 on a mining claim staked by Mollie Kathleen Gortner, after whom the mine was named.
Other than a government-ordered hiatus during World War II, the mine operated continuously until 1961; since then it has continued as a tourist attraction.

The hours of operation are as followed:
9am to 5pm Daily
Tours Depart At Least Every 30 Minutes
First Come, First Serve
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[myreasonforlife.]

How does it feel to be back in mother Earth.😅
Mad respect for the people that worked in that back in the day!

[mitchellmagiera]

Prayers are with the families stranded in the mine 10/10/2024. Also Prayers for Strength & Healing to The Family and Friends of the individual that past away. God Bless.

[SeanSchwifty]

Who else is here checking this out after what happened on the news?? 10/10/24 👀😬

[youmongrel]

Thanks for recording all this, now that someone was just killed (and 11 trapped) by an elevator malfunction who knows if this tour will continue...

[Mike-]

What is so cool about this mine is you see the same equipment in abandoned mine videos that was in use around the 1890s-1950s still in perfect working operation today in this tour.

[mitchellmagiera]

She really gives a Great informative tour.

[gregprince]

My wife, youngest 17.... and I enjoyed that tour in Thanks for the memories!

[V.Oakley]

That was an awesome video. Great job on the editing too. Thank you.

[brendar]

Very cool guys, you are giving me lots of ideas for a road trip.

[jessicaabukhamsin]

Ohhh I’m so going here my husband got station here at fort carson we got to check this place out.