Gemstone Mining Experience

Gemstone & Fossil Mining Experience Field Trip: A Unique, Hands-on Experience Mining for Minerals, Gemstones, and Fossils

June Through October 

Take a Trip Back to Pioneer Days...

…With this exciting, educational and engaging experience! Begin your mining experience with entertaining melodramatic storytelling as our own Prospector Joe tells a tale intertwined with the history of Wisconsin mining. Following the storytelling, Prospector Joe will present more interesting facts about Wisconsin history and geography.

Prospector Joe will then guide guest miners through a mining experience at the Apple Holler Mining Company. Have a “rocking” good time as you roll up your sleeves and sift through your own bag of treasure in our flowing sluice. Discover and identify genuine fossils, gemstones, and minerals that can be taken home. This unique mining experience will be a memorable learning event sure to spark imagination and the desire to learn more about mining and geology.

Recommended for 1st through 6th grade.

Gem Mining Experience
Miner Cartoon

Your Mining Experience Field Trip Includes:

Cost of Gemstone & Fossil Mining Experience Field Trip

$14.00 per person (children & adults)

A minimum of 30 participants is required. Groups smaller than 30 may be paired with another group to meet the minimum. 

Reservations are Required.

Includes Wisconsin Common Core Standards in Science, Agriculture, Agriscience, and Ecology/Environment

Includes Wisconsin Common Core Standards in Science, Agriculture, Agriscience, Ecology/ Environment, History & Language Arts

How to Book Your Apple Holler Field Trip

To book your Gemstone and Fossil Mining Field Trip, please call Sheryl at (262) 884-7100 or fill out your Reservation Request form by clicking the button below. Please note: By filling out the Reservation Request form, you are not automatically booking your field trip.