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History and culture - Garfield County
New Castle was a coal town, and an old mine fire still smolders underground
New Castle grew as a coal-mining town, and after a deadly 1896 mine explosion, an underground coal-seam fire has burned in nearby Burning Mountain for over a century.
Read note ->History and culture - Dolores County
Rico and the railroad: why a mountain town sits in Dolores County
Rico grew from a silver strike and a narrow-gauge railroad that ran over Lizard Head Pass, which is why a former mining town anchors the county's mountainous east end.
Read note ->History and culture - Park County
South Park City in Fairplay is a town rebuilt from Park County's lost mining camps
South Park City Museum at the west end of Fairplay's Front Street is an open-air museum of historic buildings moved in from the county's vanished mining camps.
Read note ->History and culture - Hinsdale County
The Hinsdale County Museum keeps Lake City's mining-era story
The Hinsdale County Museum in Lake City, run by the county historical society, gathers the area's mining-era history in an 1877 downtown building.
Read note ->History and culture - San Miguel County
The powerhouse above Bridal Veil Falls is a piece of electrical history
The Smuggler-Union (Bridal Veil) hydroelectric powerhouse perched above Telluride's Bridal Veil Falls is tied to the early use of alternating-current power for mining.
Read note ->History and culture - Mineral County
Walk Inside an 1891 Silver Mine on Creede's Amethyst Vein
The Last Chance Mine near Creede lets you walk inside a real 1891 silver mine and see purple amethyst still in the rock wall.
Read note ->History and culture - Park County
Guffey, the Mining Town That Elects a Cat
A former gold camp in Park County's south end keeps a famous, honorary tradition of electing animals as mayor.
Read note ->History and culture - Grand County
Lulu City is a ghost town at the top of the Colorado River
Lulu City was a short-lived silver-mining town near the Colorado River headwaters, and its ruins now sit inside Rocky Mountain National Park.
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