Explore Life As a 19th Century Silver Miner

The Experience

Experience a piece of Aspen’s past on a tour of Smuggler Mine, site of one of the first silver strikes made in the Roaring Fork Valley in 1879, and where the largest nugget of native silver – weighing nearly a ton – was mined in 1894. Travel deep into the mine as guides share fascinating stories about life as a silver miner in the late 1800s.