TECHATTICUP MINE TOUR

WHEN:  Sunday March 4, 2012

WHERE: meet at Sunset Station Casino-the front parking lot to the right

TIME:  10:30am

COST:  $12.50 for 1 hour mine tour

LUNCH: Boulder at the Historic Boulder Dam Hotel Restaurant

RSVP:  to Mimi Blaine dryheat-lv@cox.net

We will leave Sunset Station for an approximate 40 minute drive to Techatticup.  The mine tour starts at noon which will give us time before to check out the local store and museum.  The store only sells chips and candy, so bring your own snacks if you can’t wait for our late lunch in Boulder. 

The ghost town has been restored and a number of buildings preserved at the mine site.   Across from the mine is an 1861 building which serves as a museum.  The Techatticup Mine was once the richest gold producer in Southern Nevada

The Techatticup Mine has been the set of two movies. The first, Breakdown, with Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, was released in 1997 and several artifacts from the movie can be seen at the site. In 2001, the movie 3000 Miles to Graceland, was released, parts of which were filmed at the mine site. This movie, again with Kurt Russell, as well as an all star cast including Kevin Costner, Courtney Cox, Christian Slater, and David Arquette, shot several scenes here including the scene where the Lucky Strike gas station blows up.  Props from the movie, including the crashed airplane can still be seen at the site.