More, more, more fall
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erbiv wrote:
Very nice series! Where is the mine?
In-between Silverton & Ouray Colorado.Yankee Girl Mine has an amazing history. It started in 1882. A prospector named Mr. Robinson was out hunting and found a rock full of galena on Red Mountain. He found where it came from and found a huge chimney of silver ore. He
constructed the Yankee Girl Mine. This was the start of the Red Mountain mining boom. Mr. Robinson sold his mine for $125,000 after one month. The mine has a 1,050 foot vertical shaft. The Yankee Girl shaft house above the mine has a bull wheel and wire for getting out ore. You can still see the shaft house today. At its height, the mine produced ten tons of ore each day. Ore wasnt sorted because
everything was valuable. There was no waste! Each day, a mule train of seventy five mules, each carrying 250 pounds of ore, went to Silverton because they had a train and Ouray didnt. The mine produced silver, copper, and gold. It made $8,000,000 in its time. There were problems too. Everyone knows when you dig down, water fills up the shaft. So they bought a $30,000 pump to keep the water out, but corrosive water eroded the pump in just one month. This bad water was a major problem at the mine. Guston, a town near the Yankee Girl, had a population of 300 people. Guston had the only church in the Red Mountain mining district. There were two other mines nearby, the Guston Robinson and the Genesee
Vanderbuilt. While the boom lasted, the Yankee Girl was the center of attention.
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Tobers17 wrote:
Which Red Mountain? I've never been able to figure out which of the 3 I'm shooting!! Beautiful pictures! Along the Million Dollar Highway, right? Love it and love these pictures.
I'm with you, there are lots of Red Mountains! Thanks for the comments!
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I was delighted to find that you posted a photo of the inside of the mine tower! I've seen so many pics of the outsides and was gratified to see the interior. Photo #6 was my favorite. I almost expected to see a fairy or Merlin in the background!
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