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Bookmark or Share- Missouri’s Historic Bonne Terre Mine Is Submerged in Water and You Can ...Bonne Terre Mine is one of the world’s largest man-made caverns, sprawling out underneath the town. Formed over a century ago, it’s a pivotal site in mining history. When the mine closed in ...
- Mine Tours - Bonne Terre MineFor School Group Rates Call 11am-5pm Tuesday thru Thursday (314) 209-7200. Take a 45 minute guided walking tour OR 60 minute walk/boat tour through the first and second levels of the mine along the "Old Mule Trail", showing where miners dug with a pick and shovel in the 1800's. The earliest shaft was dug in 1864.
- City of Bonne Terre, Missouri: 1864 – 2017Home. Welcome to Bonne Terre At one time the richest lead ore in the world was located in Bonne Terre and surrounding area. The French discovered lead in Bonne Terre in 1720 and they called the settlement “La Terre Bonne”, “Good Earth”, in reference to the mineral wealth.
- Things to Do | Bonne Terre Mine - Visit MissouriNational Geographic calls Bonne Terre Mine: “One of America’s Top 10 Greatest Adventures.”. One of the world’s largest man-made caverns, founded in 1860 as one of history’s earliest deep-earth lead mines. This was the world’s largest producer of lead ore until it was closed in 1962. The mine has five levels. Not suitable for service ...
- Bonne Terre, Missouri - WikipediaBonne Terre (/ b ɒ n ˈ t ɛər / bon-TAIR) is a city in St. Francois County, Missouri, United States with a population of 6,864 at the 2010 census. Situated in the Southeast Missouri Lead District , lead mining shaped the history and character of the area from the earliest French settlers in the 1720s until today, even though Bonne Terre Mine ...
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