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mining
6 Porch Notes tagged “mining,” from counties across Colorado.
History and culture - Lake County
Why Leadville sits where it does: silver, then much more
Leadville grew up around mining in California Gulch, and much of its historic core is recognized as a National Historic Landmark District.
Read note ->History and culture - Summit County
Frisco's name and museum come from its railroad and mining past
Frisco grew as a silver-mining and railroad town in the late 1800s, and the Frisco Historic Park & Museum keeps that story in a cluster of original old buildings.
Read note ->History and culture - Lake County
The Climax mine on Fremont Pass is a different mining story than silver
High on Fremont Pass at the edge of Lake County, the Climax mine has produced molybdenum for more than a century, a separate chapter from Leadville's silver boom.
Read note ->History and culture - San Juan County
The Durango–Silverton train was built to haul ore, not tourists
The narrow-gauge railroad that climbs to Silverton was built in the early 1880s to move ore and supplies, and it is now a National Historic Landmark that still runs in summer.
Read note ->History and culture - Saguache County
Bonanza was a silver boomtown that became a tiny mountain village
North of Villa Grove, the silver camp of Bonanza grew after ore was found around 1880 and later shrank to a handful of residents, and a cleanup project still manages old mine waste there.
Read note ->History and culture - Mesa County
The coal seams in the Book Cliffs
The cliffs and canyons north of the Grand Valley hold coal that shaped local industry, including the old mining area around Cameo east of Grand Junction.
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