Breckenridge Gold Mine Tour: Authentic Gold Rush Experience

Experience the authentic Breckenridge Gold Mine Tour and immerse yourself in the captivating history of mining towns. Try your hand at gold panning and interact with friendly burros. Don’t miss this top-rated Colorado experience!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Rocky Mountains - In the midst of the majestic Rocky Mountains, the Country Boy Mine was one of the largest and most famous gold mines in Breckenridge, Colorado. Today, we invite you to visit the Country Boy Mine and enjoy the many activities the mine has to offer. Join us for a mine tour into a real gold mine at this historic restored mining…
What's Included
  • Gold Panning
  • All fees and/or taxes included
Additional Information

Discover the authentic and captivating Country Boy Mine on this exciting and educational tour. Dating back to 1887, Country Boy Mine offers a unique opportunity to explore the history of mining towns in the olden days. This interactive tour allows you to delve into the fascinating world of mining in Breckenridge, with the only real open mine in the…

Location
Country Boy Mine
French Gulch Road
Drive along Reiling road until you see our flags and sign on the right. We are 400 yards further along from the free bus service (Purple Route)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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W864unrosem
Apr 14, 2025
10/10! - What an unforgettable experience! The staff were friendly and knowledgeable from the moment we arrived. The tour of the mine was fascinating and fun! Took home some gems and gold flakes from the panning experience! Would recommend for adults and children!
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Katiecq4318ym
Mar 29, 2025
Great interactive experience! - We booked this tour on a whim and were so happy we did! Our tour guide, Katie, was fantastic. She answered every question and made the tour interactive. We learned a ton and appreciated her humor and expertise. The kids loved the gold panning. Only complaint - as we left, we saw others panning outside (vs in the building). Wish we would have known this was an option. Also - tweezers would be a great addition to the panning portion. Overall, fantastic experience!
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Kathytrump
Feb 17, 2025
Great Mine Tour - We had a great time! Everyone was so nice and the mine tour was so much fun! Our tour guide did a great job with the kiddos!!!
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Love2rvcamp
Jan 19, 2025
Mine tour - We did the mine tour which takes you 1100 feet into the old goldmine. Ryan was our guide and provided a lot of information as well as making the trip fun.
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Gregory_s
Jan 17, 2025
Amazing Memories and Amazing People - I brought my son Connor Spivey (RIP) here in February 2015 and his brother Jonathan on January 16, 2025. Amazing memories and amazing people at Country Boy Mine!!!
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Tdeibel
Dec 31, 2024
Go for the mine tour, stay for everything else! - The mine tour was nice - our guide was informative and patient. But the best part was all the other activities that were available (for Free!). They had a small sled/tube slide with tubes and sleds to borrow - you have to walk back up the hill, but it was a great way to see how our little ones would react to the bigger slides available in the area. I thought the gold panning would be a 1 and done - thinking it would be way to cold to go panning. But they had 2 large stock tanks inside a building with 'mine dirt'. The building was a mini-museum with things kids could play with, there was little fireplace that kept the room warm and the tanks had heaters in them that made the water luke warm. We spent about 1.5 hours panning for gold and found many small minerals - pyrite, quartz, amethyst, copper and maybe a few flecks of gold.
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Tlc123-travels
Oct 28, 2024
Great Excursion - This was a great tour. Interesting to hear about the miners and the history and evolution of the mine. The panning for gold and other gems at the end was fun. My son was sure excited about the treasures he got to take home.
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W3445dbsarahj
Oct 12, 2024
Great mining tour and panning and wonderfully warm and knowledgable staff! - The people who work here really made this experience so wonderful! Everyone was really friendly, great with kids, and so knowledgable. Just genuinely nice people and a really fun experience for my two girls (8 and 10). I saw plenty of adult getting into the gold panning too though. I recommend doing the tour and the gold panning. I also recommend renting boots so that you don't have to worry about wet pants and shoes!
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619amandalees
Oct 10, 2024
Interesting - Our tour guide (Mike) was incredible. He did not shy away from discussing some of the harrowing labor practices during the mine's active years, and he really helped cultivate a sense of empathy for people in he past. He was incredibly knowledgeable and great with the kids on our tour. The entire experience was interesting.
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Alessandrotj8273ul
Sep 29, 2024
COUNTRY BOY MINEZ - Loved your mines! But the tour was short, I wish I would spent a little more time in the mines. The tour guide really looked like he wanted to go home, which I totally get, but I spent a lot of money to be there. But, however, I will say that something unexpected happened which lengthened my commute, and the people there had no issue moving up my time slot. I'm really thankful for that, it happened literally instantaneously, and they were so nice about it. I came here for a birthday and everyone had a really good time. My only main complaint is that I thought the price was a bit steep for the experience. The mines were definitely cool, and everyone had a blast, but $50 seems like quite a lot, if they were like $35 it would seem a lot more reasonable.
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From $47
up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).