San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy. John L. Ninnemann, Duane A. Smith

San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy



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San Juan Bonanza: Western Colorado's Mining Legacy John L. Ninnemann, Duane A. Smith ebook
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Page: 101
ISBN: 9780826335784


Colorado's San Juan Mountains are home to some of the most historic, and notorious, gold and silver mining towns in the West: Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, and Creede. For five centuries, the San Juans were the summer home to the Ute Indians. They were explored and claimed by Spaniards 250 years ago, and it has only been 150 years since they were entered and permanently settled by European Americans. Probably above all else, the San Juan Mountains' legacy will be tied to the mining camps and towns that littered their terrain. The 1859 Pikes Peak gold rush brought the prospectors, followed by entrepreneurs of all stripes who opened saloons, hotels, ...

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