Tag: Mining History
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From gold rush ruins, a backcountry hut rises in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARK COUNTY • High in Colorado’s central mountains, in an alpine basin of wildflowers and waterfalls, Jeff Crane is dreaming again. He’s gazing upon another mesmerizing sight here, not to mention the ponds teeming with trout, the thick willows frequented by moose, the green hills…
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Soul of Sopris: Remembering a Colorado town now under water
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One day in 1970, Giuseppe Incitti took a pencil to paper and grieved the loss of his southern Colorado home. “Consider the town of Sopris finished,” he wrote, translated from his native Italian. “It will…
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The discovery, mill and tunnel that shaped Colorado’s gold destiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Argo Mill and Tunnel, located in Idaho Springs, Colorado, played a crucial role in the state’s gold mining history, representing a major industrial boom in the region. Once the center of gold processing, it is now a historical landmark attracting visitors with its story…
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Looping through relics of Pikes Peak past, this trail is ‘a treasure trove of history’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save VICTOR — It’s best to go on the trail with a poem. The words are found in a commemorative book from 1993, celebrating 100 years of this once mighty gold camp. The relics from those days still stand, those towering headframes along the Vindicator Valley…
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A timeline of Colorado’s mining heyday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado would not be booming today were it not for the mining booms of the past. The frenzy put the territory on the map before it was recognized as a state in 1876. Here’s a timeline covering the most significant era of the industry: 1858:…
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Colorado museum hopes to rise from the ashes after Marshall fire’s devastation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the Marshall fire swept through Superior in December, it consumed the vast majority of the town’s original coal-camp homes and the community museum, the cherished repository of its mining and farming history. While those physical landmarks have been lost, volunteers are working steadily to…