The Long Way
Shoshone County
A man uses a pneumatic drill in an underground mine while others watch.
Plate I. Underground demonstration, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From fareharbor.com
A group of tourists gather outside near a green vehicle labeled for a mine tour.
Plate II. Tourists and trolley, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org
A green tour trolley drives down a road.
Plate III. Trolley car, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org
A historic black and white photograph of a miner and a mule working in an underground mine.
Plate IV. Historic underground mining exhibit, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org
A miner operates equipment inside an underground tunnel.
Plate V. Underground demonstration, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org
A guide talks to children wearing hard hats inside a mine.
Plate VI. Underground tour, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org
Black and white photo of a rocky cave or tunnel interior with a grated pathway.
Plate VII. Underground tunnel, Sierra Silver Mine Tour. From silverminetour.org

Sierra Silver Mine Tour

Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Silver Mine Tour; Open Daily May through mid-Oct.

Details

Map. Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Larger map
Where
509 Cedar St. Wallace ID, Wallace, ID 83873. Directions
When
June - August: 10 AM - 4 PM; May, September, October: 10 AM - 2 PM.
Access
Mine temp. about 50 degrees F (10 C).
Walk-in or reserve
Book online.
Phone
208-752-5151
Managed by
Sierra Silver Mine Tour, Inc.
Established
1982.

In 1982 a group of local businesspeople formed the non-profit organization Sierra Silver Mine Tour, Inc. and we began taking folks underground and teaching them how we get silver out of the mountain and into their lives.

Notable Events

  1. 1960sThe mine was used to give local high school students hands-on training in the skills needed to be a miner. businessjournalnorthidaho.com
  2. 1960sAfter changing hands several times and being worked sporadically, the mine saw a more thorough exploration: an incline shaft was sunk and several hundred feet of drift run; the showings failed to improve. silverminetour.org
  3. 1982A group of local people formed the Sierra Silver Mine Tour nonprofit organization and turned the old mine into a living history exhibit. businessjournalnorthidaho.com
  4. 202020,000 people took the tour. businessjournalnorthidaho.com

People

  • Stacey Strange, new tour director.

Sources

  1. silverminetour.org
  2. silverminetour.org/take-the-mine-tour
  3. silverminetour.org/contact-us
  4. silverminetour.org/our-mission
  5. silverminetour.org/mine-history
  6. facebook.com/pages/Sierra-Silver-Mine/156589134407286
  7. silverminetour.org/gift-shop
  8. fareharbor.com/embeds/book/silverminetour/?full-items=yes
  9. businessjournalnorthidaho.com/news/2024/jul/30/mine-tour-bigger-than-ever-coeur-dalene-press-nibj
  10. boisedev.com/news/2025/07/18/underground-tour-unearths-small-idaho-towns-deep-silver-mining-roots