Argo Gold Mill and Tunnel - Idaho Springs, Colorado

Rose

Lordy, what an experience, along with a fabulous drive to Idaho Springs. There is a river that runs right in front of the mine gorgeous.
Since my hip is bone on bone, unfortunately, we had to pass on the tour. We decided to do the panning for gold and the gemstones so we could at least enjoy ourselves. Going during the week was a fantastic idea, with no crowds along with light traffic. Our Tour Guide Evan was so friendly, along with knowledge of panning for gold. Once we got our gold flakes, then they gave you a bag with rocks along with gemstones. It was so much fun for me & my sister to have quality time bonding over panning for gold. Really beautiful day outside, so we took a walk to the bridge and took pictures of the river too. Big Shout Out to Evan, we had a blast as our tour guide. Thank you now that's off our bucket list!

Irene E.

Cool place to visit. We did the tour, our tour guide was fairly new so he was not well trained as of yet. We couldn’t quite understand the process. The history is really cool though. Definitely a fun day. Panning for gold was fun!

Stephanie E.

What a cool place this is! I'm a Native Coloradan, and I've always wanted to come here, and today was my first time!

Dillon was our tour guide and he was phenomenal! Very passionate about his job and mining in general which made our tour much more fun and informative!

You start out watching a short informative video about the history of the mine and surrounding area. Then you ride a tour bus to the top to begin the actual tour. Unfortunately it started raining pretty good when we got to the top and we couldn't spend as much time on a few things up there, but regardless, it was still fun! You access the mine from the top and it was so cool to be able to step back in time for awhile as we walked through the areas that Dillon was leading us through! So much history in there! We finished up by walking through the small museum on the lower part of the mine and being able to see and read all the things in that museum was amazing!

This was one of the coolest tours I've been on and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for something cool to do with the family, especially if you want a peek into a piece of the gold rush era here in Colorado!

Abdul M.

Unpleasant hate bias incident!

The tour guide was a White Caucasian lady approximately 5’5 in height and moderate size in weight. She was wearing sunglasses and her hair was Blonde in color at the time. Approximately 40-55 years in age.

On November 13,2024 at approximately 1300 hours I attended the Argo Gold Mill & Tunnel with my female friend.

My initial experience was accommodating, but further into the tour I observed that the tour guide would not make eye contact with me or include me in the conversation. I gave the benefit of the doubt, but quickly realized this was a repeating pattern.

I felt this was due to me being black.

I requested a refund and would not recommend any minorities to attend until this is resolved.

kelli R.

Tommy was an excellent, educated tour guide. It was very interesting and informative. The panning for gold at the end was very fun as well.

David J.

Great tour and gold panning experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable. A lot of fun for my son and for me.

Wendy

Very interesting tour of the gold mines and processing mill. Our tour guide was exceptional (young woman). She answered all our questions thoroughly. I was surprised that milling the mine products is so complex. We also did the gold panning. Lots of fun and we ended up with several gold chips 🙂

Gary P.

Some homemade equipment was nice to see it was the Trummal. Seeing an actual stamp mill section was very rare, even if it was not from the Argo. So much to look at.