School Field Trips
Dark Woods’ Lost Treasure Mining Co is perfect for your next student field trip! Let your students experience the thrill of discovery in this epic mining adventure!
The Experience
It’s like panning for gold!
- Water runs from a wooden water tower through a series of troughs called a sluice.
- Students pour the individually provided bags of mining “rough” into a screen tray and lower the tray into the trough of water. While sifting and shaking the tray, flowing water reveals an authentic assortment of gemstones, crystals, fossils, and more!
- After uncovering their treasure, students use the identification cards and Assay tables to accurately identify exactly what you have found with the assistance of our guides.
Just like the prospectors of old, students will get to travel backwards across the geological timeline as our guides discuss different rock
characteristics and formations.
What is included in the mining field trip:
Each sponsored school trip must have a minimum of 15 paid students.
Complimentary admission for one teacher per 15 students is included.
The cost of the adventure tour is $8 per person and includes:
- Discussion of rock types and their formations
- Natchitoches Parish Geology education
Mining activity with a bag of stones, fossils, and sand to wash in
the sluice - Mining Rough for each student
- Plastic bag for treasure take home
- Rock and Gem identification card
- Our facility is equipped to park multiple buses, and is handicap accessible.
Where Is Lost Treasure Mining Co. Located?
Lost Treasure Mining Company is an attraction inside Dark Woods Adventure Park in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
We are located just 1.5 miles east of I-49 at 4343 University Parkway, just minutes from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches’ National Landmark Historic District, Ft. St. Jean Baptiste State Commemorative Are, the National Fish Hatchery and more!
Our facility is equipped to park multiple buses, and is handicap accessible.
Field Trip Package:
Prices Start At:- 15 Bags Pay Dirt Gemstone Mining Rough
- 15 Educational Gemstone Id Cards
- 15 Take Home Collection Bags
- 1.5 Hours Reserved Picnic Area
Add Ons:
Assorted Sodas
Baker’s Dozen Mini Donut Order
Soft Serve, Dippin Dots, assorted treats
Extra Miners: $ 8 per Person (includes I Bag Mining Rough, ID card, take home bag for treasures)
Call Us NOW To Book Your Field Trip!
318.228.1725
DARK WOODS’ LOST TREASURE MINING COMPANY
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Located just off I-49 in historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Lost Treasure Mining Company attraction at Dark Woods Adventure Park has been called “one of the most amazing hidden gems in Louisiana, and you’re not going to want to waste any time checking it out. ” ~ Only In Your State – Louisiana