Bonne Terre Mine

	Bonne Terre Mine
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Bonne Terre Mine in 2017
Location	MO 47, Bonne Terre, Missouri
Coordinates	37°55′22″N 90°33′08″W / 37.92278°N 90.55222°W
Area	10.5 acres (4.2 ha)
Built	1864
Built by	St. Joseph Lead Co.
NRHP reference No.	74002281
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1974

Bonne Terre Mine, also known as the St. Joseph Lead Mine at Bonne Terre, is a historic lead mine located at Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri.

Bonne Terre Mine was built starting in 1864 by the St. Joe Lead Company, and is located below the city of Bonne Terre. The mine closed in 1962.^[2]^: 2

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

Since its closure it has gradually filled up with rain and springwater, and is called "the largest man made cavern in the world". Surface, belowground and underwater tours are possible. Surface tour features a mining museum, barbershop and post office. In 1983, Jacques Cousteau s Calypso crew explored the mine for a documentary. Since then the underwater experience has been billed as one of "Americas largest scuba diving resorts"^[3] or "the world's largest fresh water dive resort".^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Stephen J. Raiche (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bonne Terre Mine" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 4 photographs)
^ "City of Bonne Terre History". 2010-09-27. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
^ "The Bonne Terre Mine". Do Dive In. July 13, 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

External links

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[DNR-2] Stephen J. Raiche (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bonne Terre Mine" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-02-01. (includes 4 photographs)

[bonneterrenet-3] "City of Bonne Terre History". 2010-09-27. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

[4] "The Bonne Terre Mine". Do Dive In. July 13, 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-02.

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