Black Hills Mining Museum

Black Hills Mining Museum is a museum in City of Lead, Lawrence, South Dakota which is located on West Main Street and has an elevation of 5,233 feet. Black Hills Mining Museum is situated nearby to the village Central City, as well as near the locality Flatiron.

Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Email: bhminingmuseum@rushmore.com
Type: Museum
Address: 323 West Main Street, Lead, SD 57754

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Sanford Underground Research Facility

Photo: Sanford Lab, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sanford Underground Research Facility, or Sanford Lab, is an underground laboratory in Lead, South Dakota. The deepest underground laboratory in the United States, it houses multiple experiments in areas such as dark matter and neutrino physics research, biology, geology and engineering. Sanford Underground Research Facility is situated 1 mile east of Black Hills Mining Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lead and Central City.

Lead

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lead is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.

Central City

Village

Central City is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 93 at the 2020 census.

Flatiron

Locality

Flatiron, formerly known as Yellow Creek or Flat Iron City, is a ghost town in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It was known for its highly successful gold mining. Flatiron is situated 1½ miles south of Black Hills Mining Museum.

Black Hills Mining Museum

Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Lead, Lawrence, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.35172° or 44° 21′ 6″ north

Longitude

-103.76713° or 103° 46′ 2″ west

Elevation

5,233 feet (1,595 metres)

Open location code

85PR962M+M4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1194409521

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

8500863

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