Lime Kilns

Year Listed:    2001
County:    Pitkin County
Status:   SAVED
Context:    Mining
Date Constructed:    late 1800s

Significance:
Most intact kilns found to date in Colorado, used for smelting gold and silver mined locally; mining brought business to Aspen and Basalt in the late 1800s

Threat When Listed:
Cracks

Since Listing:
Pitkin County secured transportation enhancement dollars from the Colorado Department of Transportation, and committed thousands of their own dollars to the project. Clouded ownership issues were resolved in 2004 and, in 2006, Pitkin County stabilized the site. Colorado Preservation, Inc. referred an oral historian to complete (at no cost) histories of former workers at the site, which are now complete.  The area is now a visitor’s interpretation site open to the public.

Last Updated :
July, 2008