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UTC-7 (MST) • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT) ZIP code [2] 81645. Gilman is an abandoned mining town in southeastern Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The Gilman post office operated from November 3, 1886, until April 22, 1986. [3] The U.S. Post Office at Minturn (ZIP Code 81645) now serves Gilman postal addresses. [2]
Eagle Mine (Colorado) Eagle Mine is an abandoned mine near the ghost town of Gilman and about one mile southeast of Minturn, in the U.S. state of Colorado. [1] Mining began in the 1880s, initially for gold and silver but focusing predominantly on zinc during later stages of its operation. After the mine's closure in 1984 and the abandonment of ...
Saint Elmo, Colorado. Saint Elmo is a ghost town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [2] Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo lies in the heart of the Sawatch Range, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Buena Vista and sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet (3,036 m). Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started.
Caribou, Colorado circa 1911. Caribou, Colorado in 2005. The remains of an old cabin at Dyersville, Colorado. An abandoned house in Eastonville, Colorado. The Arcade Saloon in Eldora, Colorado in 1898. Remains of the old ore mill in Eureka, Colorado. Remains of the Bassick silver mine, Querida, Colorado.
UTC-6 (MDT) GNIS feature ID. 203153 [1] Uravan (a contraction of ura nium/ van adium [2]) is a former uranium mining town [3] in western Montrose County, Colorado, United States, which still appears on some maps. The town was a company town established by U. S. Vanadium Corporation in 1936 to extract the rich vanadium ore in the region.
Primero, Colorado. / 37.14250°N 104.74167°W / 37.14250; -104.74167. Primero is a ghost town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. [ 3] The community was a company coal mining town for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company during the early 20th century.
Manhattan, Colorado. Coordinates: 40°43′56″N 105°36′00″W. Manhattan gold mining town, 1888. Manhattan is a ghost town located 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Rustic in Larimer County, Colorado, United States [1] at an elevation of 8,474 feet (2,583 m). [2] It became a mining town after discovery of gold in the area in September 1886.
Swett gained fame for being "For Sale" back in 2014, with a listing price of $399,000. ... Once a booming silver mining town between 1880 and 1888, Bonanza is now almost a ghost town with just 20 ...