Barstow Mine (Red Mountain)
Bill Young Mine
The Bill Young was a small silver mine above the townsite of Animas Forks. The mine never amounted to much, but it still has some interesting remnants.
The mine was located in 1873 and was developed by a 250’ deep shaft. Levels were driven at irregular intervals, with a total
Silver Lake and Iowa Mines
This was a really fun place to visit for me and one I’ve been trying to get to for some time. Weather makes it hard to get to most of the year and you have to climb up to the mining camp at 12,200 ft elevation.
There are
"Flour" Mine
These are underground photos from a mine in the Silverton area that we explored. I actually didn’t have much underground time planned for this trip, but the mines we did check out turned out to be fantastic.
One of these huge mines had a lot of equipment underground. My
Buffalo Boy Mine
The Buffalo Boy was a small gold and silver mine which started production around 1930. The mine is caved but the interesting thing about the site is the long and steep tramway heading up to it. The tram line is over 8,500 ft in length and rises 2,500
Cutthroat Castle - Hovenweep
The Cutthroat Castle Pueblo was built around the same time as the other Hovenweep Puebloan ruins. Although the pueblo itself looks small, there would have been many people living around it in the area. The site is along a canyon and is unusual in that it had a kiva built