The
DELAWARE
MINE
is
an
authentic
mine
that
operated
from
1847
until
1887,
during
the
country's
first
major
mining
boom.
The
mine
was
supported
by a
group
of
investors,
including
Horace
Greeley.
Although
the
mine
didn't
make
any
money
for
it's
investors,
it nowserves
asthe
perfect
example
of
what
the
mines
in
this
area
were
like
in
the
1800's.
Visitors
to
the
DELAWARE
MINE
walk
down
100
feet
of
stairs
through
the
#1
shaft
to
the
first
level
of
the
mine...
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