Eagle Mine Colorado
Eagle Mine was a Colorado silver mine founded in the 1880s which went on to become the the largest producer of Silver in Colorado. It shut down in the 1980s. The closure of the mine resulted in its eventual flooding, which in turn contaminated the groundwater and prompted the EPA to step in and order the evacuation of the nearby town.
In this video we explore some of the remaining surface structures.
NOTE: I apologize for the quality of this video. We hiked down the side of the cliff and ran out of water along the way. I was exhausted and the lens got dirty in the process. I’ve identified some changes I’ll be implementing in upcoming videos regarding sound and video quality. Stay tuned.
For more information and photos, see my blog post here: http://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-ghost-town-of-gilman-colorado-and.html
Hey man, just discovered your channel. I love this style of vids, little to none talking and just filming the locations. Nice job š
Thanks for the vid man. Thanks for sharing!
Eagle Mine Colorado Historically, the largest zinc and copper producing mine in Colorado, the Eagle mine was closed in 1981. Cumulative production from the district, most of which came from the Eagle mine or its predecessors, totals nearly 400,000 oz. of gold, 67.6 million oz. of silver, 212 million lb. of copper, 317 million lb. of lead, and 1.868 billion lb. of zinc, from 13.1 million tons of ore. About 200,000 tons of manganiferous iron ore was also produced.
I take it that tunnel’s more than likely part of the old, Tennessee Pass subdivision.
i worked there.1968
Seems like a lot of corrugated roof and wall sheeting, asbestos? Pipe insulation, fibreglass or asbestos, never mind. there is a convenient, clear river to wash away all the pollutants. We have made our money, let’s pull the plug and split, typical big business.
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The building at 9:20 was the electric power plant. It would be interesting If you could make it run.
Anyway. This place could be used as a museum.
Some history’s good and some bad but it’s all worth checking out.
Looks good condition
Where is this?
I take it the stream running next to the complex is undrinkable?
What a crazy room of air compressors! Thanks for uploading š
I worked there in the early 70’s. It was an odd place to work, the ore was so rich they were in no big hurry to get it out. It was about 70% Mexican workers. It was low pay for a mine, days pay was 2.50 hr. Some of the ground was so rotten they used solid 12x12s no lagging on top just solid timbers .
Zinc, The Eagle was a zinc mine. the "powerplant" was mostly populated by large reciprocating air compressors, very power hungery.
Achei muito legau essas Minas e casas abandonadas
I would like to buy the place. Place roofs over the buildings, and trying to fix as much as I can. Use to original generators and with the help of the river start producing power. Ohh dreams….
My Grandfather worked that mine before working for the railroad.
Really enjoyed this video. So much left there. Are sites like this ever cleaned up or reopened?
I see the stinking rotten tweaker wire thieves have been there!