Tag
gold mining
3 Porch Notes tagged “gold mining,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Teller County
Cripple Creek's Coal-Fired Steam Train and the Mine Below It
A coal-fired narrow gauge steam train still loops past Cripple Creek's old mines, and a real gold shaft sits just up the road.
Read note ->History and culture - Pitkin County
Independence is a ghost town high on Independence Pass
Independence was a short-lived gold camp near the top of Independence Pass, and its remaining cabins are preserved as a historic site reachable only when the pass is open.
Read note ->History and culture - Summit County
The Reiling Gold Dredge is a preserved relic of French Gulch
Above Breckenridge in French Gulch sits the sunken hull of the Reiling Gold Dredge, a machine that mined gold from the streambed in the early 1900s.
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