[7][8] Freddie Mercury, Vincente Minnelli, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Rock Hudson, Michel Foucault, and Camille O'Grady[9][10] are also known to have visited.

The door was staffed by someone who rejected anyone wearing preppie clothes or cologne, and this was a widely known part of what made the bar influential.

[23] Four pleaded guilty, former New York City police officer Richard Bell was convicted, and the sixth fled the country to escape prosecution.

[24] Wally Wallace donated the entirety of the Mineshaft's records, including artwork by Rex[25][26] and Al Shapiro,[27] to the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago.

NO RUGBY SHIRTS, DESIGNER SWEATERS, or TUXEDOS NO DISCO DRAG or DRESSES NO HEAVY OUTTER [sic] WEAR IS TO BE WORN IN PLAYGROUND

According to Jack Fritscher, Jacques Morali drew his inspiration for the four archetypes of the Village People from the Mineshaft's dress code.

[34] Freddie Mercury wears a Mineshaft T-shirt in the official video for the Queen song “Don't Stop Me Now“, as does Brooks Ashmanskas' character Stanley in Episode 5 of the Netflix series Uncoupled.