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San Miguel

Red Mountain Mining District

The Red Mountain Project was launched in 1998 in an effort to preserve threatened historic landscapes and structures along the San Juan Skyway and in and around Red Mountain Pass. Dating back to 1874, this scenic, National Register-designated mining district covers...

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Lewis Mill

Lewis Mill is one of the most significant surviving high-country mining structures in Colorado. Located at approximately 12,450 feet above sea level in Bridal Veil Basin above Telluride, within a National Historic Landmark District, the mill was built in 1910 as a...

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Alta Lakes

On a forest service road that climbs high above Telluride is a collection of crumbling buildings that were once the great mining town of Alta Lakes.  Constructed around the turn of the 20th century and active until the 1930s, the Gold King Mine at Alta Lakes,...

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