The Sanford Underground Research Facility occupies the former Homestake gold mine, once one of the largest and deepest gold mines in North America. Today scientists work far underground on experiments that need protection from cosmic rays.
The Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center in Lead has exhibits on the mine and the science, and offers surface tours in season. Raymond Davis Jr.'s solar neutrino experiment at Homestake contributed to a Nobel Prize in physics in 2002.
Highlights
- Homestake gold-mining history
- Visitor center exhibits
- Surface tours in season
- The Open Cut viewing area in Lead
Local tips
- Check the visitor center for tour times and any booking requirements.
- Deadwood is only a few minutes away, so the two make an easy day together.
- Lead's Main Street is worth a stroll.
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