We trekked up to the mine a couple of weeks back. I think it was $10 each to tour. Nothing spectacular about the tour. Staff was nice. They allow you to try your hand at panning for gold, but do not let you keep what you find. This was a bit of a disappointment. You can be pretty sure there's... More

We visited this mine as we thought it might be more suitable for us as we had no young children and the other one with the train ride sounded like it might be aimed at younger children. We also chose this mine as it had a museum. On approaching the mine it does not look like a visitor attraction, but... More

We also wanted to tour the "Smith Ranch & Julian Railroad," but they were closed on our visit, so we only visited the Eagle Mine. At first, we were somewhat skeptical about this mining tour since there were a handful of reviewers / bloggers who were criticizing the tour guide of this mine. However, contrast to all the reviewers' complaints,... More

What an exciting adventure it was going to be for my family, tour a real gold mine, pan for gold, see neat old things in a museum. Upon arriving we were greeted by our "Tour Guide" who had either already begun to hit the hooch or was still under from the night before. During our tour it became obvious he... More

This place could be great but our tour guide was drunk and became belligerent after he received a call during the tour. I beleive there was suppose to be gold mining at the end of the tour but everyone who was on the tour took off immediately after leaving the mine. It was bizarre. So many better things to do... More

We went through this mine....you enter at one level and (eventually) exit at another level. It is an authentic gold mine and has not been polished up or made flashy for tourists...it's the REAL McCoy, which makes it all the better...more historical and more interesting. It is walking distance from town, we plan to go back again! Highly recommended, especially... More