Mount Rushmore Black Hills Gold Factory Tour

Take your group tours on a memorable and fascinating free tour inside the Mount Rushmore Black Hills Gold jewelry factory to see and learn how this historic jewelry is made. To be considered Black Hills Gold an item must be designed in a tri-gold, grape leaf motif and be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

On this free tour visitors will learn the history of the jewelry, discover the ancient process of lost wax casting, and see diamonds set in molten gold. As one of the area’s only up close and personal jewelry tours, educational tours are guaranteed a fun and fascinating experience, where the same proven elements of pink and green gold leaves with clusters of yellow gold grapes are used as those who created the original Black Hills Gold designs. Legend says that over 100 years ago, a young French goldsmith named Henri LeBeau came to the United States to make his fortune after hearing of the 1876 Black Hills Gold Rush. Henri was unfamiliar with the rugged Black Hills terrain and became hopelessly lost. Almost dying of starvation, he stumbled upon wild grapes that saved his life. In honor of the lifesaving grapes, he created jewelry which he called the “good luck” jewelry. Other gold miners wanted good luck, so LeBeau’s jewelry soon became known as Black Hills Gold.

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