Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours is based in Eldorado Canyon at the Historical Techatticup Mine. It's the oldest, richest and most famous gold mine in Southern Nevada. Located just 45 minutes outside of glamorous Las Vegas, we provide historical mining tours and scenic blue water cove trips on the Colorado River at the mouth of Black Canyon below Hoover Dam. You will visit historical sites where steamboats docked and stamp mills operated over 100 years ago.

Man per man and mile per mile Eldorado Canyon has a wider range of historical events than anywhere in the Wild West.

This guided above and below ground mining tour will take you into the mine and the history of the oldest and most famous gold mine in Southern Nevada.

This tour will consist of a walking tour of the old Techatticup Millsite. This is where the ore was brought out of the mine to the stampmill, crushed to a powder and mixed in cyanide tanks where the gold & silver were separated.

We'll then proceed into the Savage Mine some 500 feet where you will view up and down stopes and actually see the veins they chased

This mine was once owned by Senator George Hearst and was claim jumped in 1874 which resulted in numerous murders. The air temperature in the mine is a cool comfortable 70 degrees year round.

We will venture deep into this rumored haunted gold mine and visit 3 different shafts, one of which drops down to over 900 feet. Learn how the hardiest of men labored feverishly looking for GOLD ! Chiseling their way through the mountainside inch by inch, with the most primitive of tools and working by candlelight. The Techatticup Gold Mine was once Nevada's largest producing mine, and Eldorado Canyon's population during those days exceeded the population of Las Vegas!

Some of the things you’ll learn about on this Techatticup Gold Mine Tour

Spanish explorers in the 1700's. (Mexican treasure maps

Claim jumping that resulted in numerous murders & hauntings of the Techatticup Mine.

In the 1880's more men lived in Eldorado Canyon than all of the Las Vegas valley

Camp Eldorado 1867. (A forty-nine man Military Post.)

Steamboats ran the Colorado River for over 40 years.

The canyon was full of deserters during the Civil War.

John Moss and the Mojave Chief Irataba.

The Ives Expedition, 1858.

Mine Tour is approximately 1 hour long.

Eldorado Canyon is located approximately 45 minutes from Las Vegas. See Map Below.
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Techatticup Gold Mine Tour is $12 per person. This tour is included in the Eldorado ATV, Kayak and Horse Tours.

Under 18 must have parent or guardian present

Ability to walk/stand for at least 1 hour

Reservations NOT required, but recommended