Tag: mining history
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From gold rush ruins, a backcountry hut rises in Park County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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From gold rush ruins, a backcountry hut rises in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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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
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 be buried under water.” The dam would rise, Trinidad Lake would fill, and Sopris would be but a memory. The…
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The discovery, mill and tunnel that shaped Colorado’s gold destiny
IDAHO SPRINGS • A stone monument stands near a junction of highways that was once known as a junction of creeks. It stands inconspicuous, just a rock atop a block. It’s been even easier to miss lately, surrounded by orange construction wrap, lost in the hubbub. “It’s an important spot of Colorado history that nobody…