REPosted with Permission:
Hi all - this summer the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company and the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum will be offering expanded gold mine tours.
Starting June 1 gold mine tours at the museum will feature the operations of Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company. Tours will offer the chance to see giant haul trucks, shovels and drill rigs in action in the large surface mine between Victor and Cripple Creek. All proceeds go to the museum so this is a way to take a great tour and support the museum.
We would like to place a link to the tours from your website if you are willing. Please let me know if that is something you want to do. If I am your web person I can do this for you, otherwise you need to contact your web designer. The logo below can be used and the link is www.victorcolorado.com.
We believe this will provide guests and visitors another reason to come to the district and spend a night or more.
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The cost is $5 per person.
Tours are at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
June 1-30 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays.
July 1-Sept. 4 Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays.
Reserve early as tours are very popular and fill up quickly. Reservations: online at VictorColorado.com or at 719-689-4211.
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No children under 5 allowed on tours.
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The maximum on each tour is 14.
We would appreciate any help you can give us in spreading the word to your guests.
We will have rack cards and posters soon.
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Our new online tour reservation system is up and running and you can easily book tours for your guests/visitors by going to www.VictorColorado.com and clicking on the link on the front page of the website (the tour looks like the logo in this email).
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To be sure we have serious tour-goers and to be fair and give everyone equal chance to book a reservation, payment is required when the reservation is made.
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Reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance and can only be cancelled by calling the tour reservation line or emailing minetours@victorcolorado.com.
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Read through and be sure everyone understands the policies. Select the date and time for the tour you want from the calendar at the bottom of the page.
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Create a reservation, entering all information requested.
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If you do not wish to use PayPal, select the option to pay with your credit card on each screen that appears (usually on the left side of the payment screen and does not require a log in). All transactions for credit cards are processed through our PayPal account but you are not required to have a PayPal account to use your credit card for purchases.
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If a tour is booked it will not allow you to open the reservation date screen.
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The email address entered for the reservation will receive a confirmation.
Some things you will need to know:
- Tours are about 2 hours in length and begin at the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, 3rd & Victor Ave., Victor CO. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your tour time.
- All Proceeds from the tours go to the Victor Lowell Thomas Museum, a 501c3 non- profit.
- We accept secure payment via PayPal and credit cards. If you do not wish to use PayPal, select the option to pay with your credit card on each screen that appears (usually on the left side of the payment screen and does not require a log in). All transactions for credit cards are processed through our PayPal account but you are not required to have a PayPal account to use your credit card for purchases.
- All cancellations and changes are subject to cancellation fee of $2.50 per person. Cancellations or changes must be made at least 24 hours prior to 9 a.m. on the tour reservation date. All cancellations or changes made after 24 hours prior to 9 a.m. on the tour reservation date will not be refunded.
The museum opens May 29 for the season. After that time, we will have a full-time staff at the museum from 9:30-5:30 each day. Our phone number at the museum is 719-689-5509. Tours end Sept. 4 and we will be open daily thru Sept. 6. Then weekends only until Oct. 10 when we close for the season. Gold panning will again be open this summer.
Please let me know if you have questions.
Thanks
Ruth Zalewski
Explore Gold Rush History at the
Victor Lowell Thomas Museum
Third & Victor Ave.
Victor, CO
719-689-5509
museum@victorcolorado.com
