The tour was great, just not what we thought it would be. The photos show a different experience. We thought we were going to be able to pan for gold with the tour guide. But it was on your own and there was no guidance on how to do it besides a huge poster with directions that were hard to follow. read more

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We had such a great time! We were a big group of 9+baby. The entire staff was welcoming and kind. Bruce was our tour guide and did just a fabulous job showing us the mine and then sharing the history of the mine. It was quite educational and fun. We'd highly recommend this even for families of all sizes and ages. 0-99 years, it doesn't matter, fun for all! Thanks, Bruce, for a lovely tour! read more

I was worried this tour was just for little kids, but our family of adult sons and daughters-in-law thoroughly enjoyed it! I highly recommend buying your tickets in advance. There is a tour every hour. When we arrived at 10:45am, the 11am tour was sold out, but they squeezed us in! There's an outdoor kitchen with picnic tables for people who want to have breakfast on site. I heard guests raving about how great the food was! We unfortunately already had breakfast! Our tour guide, Jason, was very knowledgeable, personable, and entertaining! The walking tour (very easy) into the mine was fascinating. It's COLD inside the mine, so bring a jacket or sweatshirt, even in the summer! The floor is quite wet from the natural springs that drip along the walls of the caves. We thoroughly enjoyed our 1 hr historical glimpse of the hard life of a miner in the 1890s. read more

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Great guided tour and some very interesting information about mining operations in the area. The day in the life of a miner at the turn of the 20th century was very interesting. On the tour you will walk through shallow puddles of water at times and it very consistently cool in the mine. Dress accordingly. Otherwise it is an easy walk of about 1500 feet into the mine. read more

We had a great time today going through the mine. Jason did an awesome job with the group.

Super cute and unique experience. Jason was an excellent guide and very knowledgeable.

Really good mine tour. They used to run you back by train, but apparently no longer use it. Now you need to walk, which is pretty easy and gives you a good look at some of ghe formations along the way. Our guide was funny and knowledgeable, and managed to keep adults, little kids, and teens engaged and asking questions. Worth your time, but wear closed-toe shoes! read more

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What a great tour! John was a great tour guide who was able to make it fun and entertaining while still teaching everyone about the old mining days. read more

I went with a group of seven and we didn't make reservations. The tour guide that we got was named Bruce and he made lots of jokes and interacted with the people who were there for the tour. The gift shop was really cool with gem stones and jewelry. You get to wear a hard hat and I recommend wearing closed toe shoes and bringing a sweatshirt or a jacket the temperature is chilly. It has lights are spread out but you usually aren't without light. The gold panning was cool, to the right of the entrance when you are coming in there is an instruction board. The gold mining is free and easy to do. Outside the entrance/exit there was an elevator prop that you could stand in and my group took a photo inside. Also everyone was very nice. Overall this was an epic and experience. read more

What an wonderful, informative, and fun tour! Our tour guide was so knowledgeable from his family working the mine as well as he did before. He told us all about the history and the equipment and mining techniques and the different types or rocks and minerals in the mine. He was super nice and answered any and all questions. We even got to pan for gold after! read more

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This was such a great tour!! Curtis was our tour guide and was super knowledgeable and kept us entertained. Learned a lot and this tour far exceeded our expectations today!! read more

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What a fun & interesting experience. Jason was a knowledgeable & entertaining tour guide. I would highly recommend taking some time out of your Ouray visit to get a better understanding of not only mining but the history of the area. read more

Learned a ton on this tour with Stan as our guide! All ages will get something out of this walking/sitting adventure. You'll walk and stop mostly flat but you're technically going uphill on the way in. At the end of your walk in, there are benches to sit, watch, and listen about how to mine. That part was fun as a couple boys got to learn and show us how mining with posts and sledgehammers works! We recommend this tour if you're looking for an easy walk (it's pretty flat) full of learning! read more

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We had a great time, brought my 15 year old son both of us enjoyed the journey back in time as explained by our guide Bruce. He was phenomenal as he explained the life of a miner back in the day not an easy life. Definitely worth checking out. read more

They take you deep into the mine there's actually water running through it, it's pretty cool. read more

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This was a great mining tour. Last about an hour. It's 1500 feet walk in and 1500 out of course. It's pretty flat. 1% incline in. The guide it was great. He stopped 3-4 times along the way in to take about different part of the mine. You do not need to duck at all in the mine. Just need to duck twice heading in. Lights in the mine helped with my anxiety. There is water running out of the mine from water seeping down. Your shoes will get wet but not bad. This was an awesome tour. read more

Very neat tour. We loved learning about the history and our guide was very knowledgeable. They accommodated us last minute and it was a highlight of our trip. read more

Our mine tour was so informative and fun. Our tour guide really went above and beyond and it was so cool to learn that he explored the mine himself as well read more

Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour - Tours Near Me - Ouray, Colorado

We had a blast on this tour! We brought our 3 kiddos, 10,8 &6 and they loved it. Our guide Jason was great with the kiddos and very knowledgeable. We all panned for gold/silver after the tour. Definitely recommend adding this to your stay in Ouray. read more

This tour was awesome! Jason did a great job and a lot of new information on mining was given. The walk down the mine was 1500feet fairly flat. You listen to the talk while sitting on benches and then walk back. read more

This is a cute and quirky place to go to learn about the mining history in the local area. Our tour guide was Jason. He was very knowledgeable about the history and made many jokes throughout the tour. He's very kind and patient. He will answer all the questions you have. This tour took about an hour and is enjoyable for all ages. You travel into the mine and experience complete darkness and feel the cold mountain air. They give you a hard hat to wear which is fun and interactive - especially for kids! read more

My husband and I loved this place. The guide was very informative, humorous, and knowledgeable on the mine. We were very intrigued by the mine and the temperature (around 52 degrees) was amazing. The trip would be very educational for children but even as adults, we were very pleased! I would highly recommend this place. read more

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This place was awesome! The mine tour was great, good for adults and kids alike. Our tour guide (Jason? I think?) was funny and informative. After the mine tour our kids did the panning for gold - best $5 (each) I ever spent, they sat there panning for 45 minutes and didn't even complain about the rain. I forget the woman's name who helped with panning but she was similarly awesome and knowledgeable about all the little bits of rocks and things that they found. Would highly recommend this! read more

Our family loved the tour!!! Our guide was so entertaining, engaging, and knowledgeable about the mines history and silver and mining in general. We highly recommend this tour! read more

We really enjoyed our tour with Jason. He was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He had a ton of information about the history of mining and was very engaged with the guests. We have three young kids, and my only suggestion would be to make the panning for gold area (at the end of the tour) better so the kids can actually find pyrite. We've been to other mines where they had much better "luck." read more

Tours here are an hour in length and start every hour on the hour. Arriving about 10 minutes ahead of the tour would be a fantastic idea. Wear closed toe shoes (it's a wet mine inside), and bring a light jacket. Wearing jeans wouldn't be amiss either because the air that flows through the mountain can be quite chilly, even in mid-summer. My kids had the best time at the Gold Panning station. We came home with a small vial each with flakes/extremely small chunks of Pyrite (fools gold), Copper and Silver. Between the Gold Panning (we did it before and after our tour) and the tour itself, I think we spent about 2 hours here as a visit. Our tour guide, Jason, was friendly and highly informative on the history of the area and mining in particular. The rest rooms were clean and well maintained. Terry was exceptionally patient with my kids as they kept asking for his professional opinion on what they got gold panning. Overall this was a wonderful stop in Ouray and I highly recommend. As a side note - they have a stables next door, so if you want to make a day of it, I'd recommend looking into that together. We were woefully unprepared to add that into our day. read more

Wonderful, fascinating tour! We'll worth the money, especially if you appreciate history. Our son really wanted to tour a mine and this tour does not disappoint. read more

Absolutely loved the mine tour! Jason, our tour guide, was fantastic. Made the tour fun and informative. Highly recommend if you're in the area or traveling through. Great for couples and families! read more

My family really enjoyed our tour into the mine. Our guide was excellent with the kids - a natural teacher. We learned not only about mining, but the life of miners and the world in which they lived. It is a small operation, and that made it even better. This is highly recommended, especially for families. read more

Really glad to read about other positive experiences at the mine tour, but I have to say I was expecting much more. When we arrived the staff was pretty friendly, but we wanted to grab some of the BBQ lunch they advertise, but their kitchen was closing in a half an hour (though it was already closed up) so they heated up some bbq in the microwave, and sold us some chips, and we sat outside to scarf our lunch in time for the tour we'd just (over)paid for. Our own fault? Yes. But I wasn't happy with the experience, or the way the guy running the front counter said they could absolutely still make us BBQ, when he meant they would microwave some for us. The mine tour itself was incredibly short. Including cart time inside, it was a maximum of 40 minutes. We did learn some pretty cool things, but we had the unfortunate luck of joining a tour of about 15 camp kids, all about 7 years old. Kids are great (unless they belong to other people) but these kids were actually pretty decent. Not a whole lot of misbehaving, just usual kid antics. But what surprised me was the tour guide asking for questions, and then when the kids would ask (in the typical parlance of a confused stuttering 7 year old) a question, the guide would be fairly rude back. He was also rude to the camp counselors. Maybe if it's a bunch of adults who are all joking, that's fine. But in this situation I wasn't very pleased with how he acted. While we learned some interesting historical facts about the mine and mining I felt like the tour was really light on substance. As if I was at a movie that had about 15 minutes of plot stretched into an hour. This may have been in part because of the kids on the tour, as the guide struggled to give both the kids presentation and an adult presentation. Overall I was fairly disappointed that almost $50 for two people amounted to microwaved bbq and 40 minutes standing inside a tunnel in a mountain. Maybe I'm missing the point, but I was super excited for this mine tour and felt the value for my money just wasn't there. read more

Jason was a terrific guide--very knowledgeable and personable. We would highly recommend!

A fun and educational way to spend an hour with the kids. Guides were engaging and had personality. If you get claustrophobic (the train to/from the mine has plenty of space as does the mine) and/or dont like the dark, this probably isn't for you. The gold panning, well let's just say a little goes a long way. read more

My family and I enjoyed the cool 1500 ft walk into the Bachelor Mine. The guide was friendly and was able to answer​ all of our questions. He was great with my 6yo as was the gentleman (dennis?) giving gold panning lessons. The walk was easy and the temp in the mine was cool. Easy for kids and elderly as well as​ out of shape guys like me! read more

What a great tour. Jerry, the guide, is very knowledgeable and you can tell he truly enjoys what he does. We learned a great deal about this fascinating mine and its past. It was truly the highlight of our stay in Ouray! read more

Honestly really engaging and fun! I went on a gorgeous fall day with my husband, and the other group was 3 adults (one of whom owned a mine in AZ). The guide, my husband, and the AZ-mine-owner were really able to 'geek out' on the tour and it became very personalized for our group. I learned a ton and it was really exciting to walk into the mountain. The guide was also super knowledgable and able to answer an extremely wide range of questions. It was chilly inside, so bring a jacket, and wear sneakers! :) highly recommend for any age group. read more

What a fun way to start the morning! Jason, our tour guide was so informative and funny. My ten and seven year old were captivated by his history lesson and going into the old mine was eerie and interesting. A highlight of our trip! read more

We had such an awesome experience. The food was excellent, the people make you feel like you are part of the family and the mine tour was unforgettable. if you go to Ouray it is a must DO! read more

Jason was awesome. We got there right when it opened and got a private tour. We the panned for gold and silver and the man was very patient with our two sons calling them by their first name. Will be back with the family again. read more

It was a good way to kill an hour. The tour just walked inside the mine, talked for 20 minutes, then walked back out. There is a pond outside where you can pan for gold, that was almost better than the tour itself. They also sell minerals and other interesting rocks. The staff was very nice and friendly. read more

Stan is awesome! It was snowing today so it was perfect day to do the tour. He was funny and very helpful. We learned a lot of cool history and about mining. read more