Starbuck's Exploring

Sign in Subscribe

San Juan Mountains

The San Juan Mountains, Uncompahgre Plateau, and Mesa Verde of Southwestern Colorado

12 posts

Cutthroat Castle - Hovenweep

Cutthroat Castle - Hovenweep

The Cutthroat Castle Pueblo was built around the same time as the other Hovenweep Puebloan ruins. Although the pueblo looks small, many people would have lived around it in the area. The site is along a canyon and is unusual in that it had a kiva built on top of

Hand Painted Pueblo - Hovenweep

Hand Painted Pueblo - Hovenweep

These are the remains of a small pueblo village site inside Hovenweep National Monument and surrounded by the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.

Sound Democrat Mill

Sound Democrat Mill

The Sound Democrat Mill is an awesome find and one of the highlights of the San Juan Mountains. The mine was first discovered in 1899. Gold and silver ore from the mine was packed on mules over a 13,000 ft ridge to the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka Gulch. In

Mayflower Mill

Mayflower Mill

The Mayflower Mill (also known as the Shenandoah-Dives Mill) is the only intact and functional flotation mill remaining in Colorado. Every belt, crusher, and flotation cell that was processing ore when the mill closed in 1991 still occupies its original position. While hundreds of precious metal mills across the American

San Juan Chief Mill

San Juan Chief Mill

This scenic ruined mill site was built in the late 1890s and never saw ore from its namesake, the San Juan Chief mine. It is the second mill to be built on this site. In 1900, it had two roasting furnaces and fifteen stamps.