The train can fit one wheelchair with occupant. Bathrooms are wheelchair accessible. Persons who are claustrophobic are not recommended to go underground. Traffic is heavy and slow in the summer on the highway to Silverton. The road to the mine is 2 miles of paved and 3 miles of dust controlled gravel county road.
Parking lot is large and there is ample room to turn around a bus or coach.
At the mine allow at 15 - 20 minutes for restrooms and to outfit guests with coats and hard hats before your scheduled departure underground on the mine train. There is a covered picnic area with tables at the gift shop. Mine tour operations and schedules are subject to change and can be affected by severe weather.