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The Arizona Gold Mining Experience 1
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The Arizona Gold Mining Experience 4
History Exhibition
One time only

The Arizona Gold Mining Experience

At Cave Creek Museum

Cave Creek

💥"hold onto your hats when the old mine blows its top!"
👨‍👩‍👧Kids 12 & under get in free
⛏️Ask about the arrastre, the beast-powered ore crusher

Watch Arizona's only operational ten-stamp mill roar to life, with ten 1,000-pound stamps pulverizing ore in synchronized thunder. Add a mine blast, blacksmith demos, and a gold-panning station, and you've got the Old West at full volume.

Working stamp mill
Gold panning
Blacksmith demos
Mine blast moment

Saturday, November 28, 10:00 AM

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  • Working stamp mill
  • Gold panning
  • Blacksmith demos
  • Mine blast moment
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