Exploring Colorado Gold Mines
In this video I explore some very old Colorado gold mines.
The area in which these mines reside is one of the most significant locations in Colorado in terms of gold deposits, having helped spur the gold rush of 1859. Within two months of the first reports of gold discovered here, 10,000 people had moved into town (according to contemporary sources) and it was soon called the “richest square mile on earth”. All the veins in the region were initially easy to mine as they were already oxidized and decomposed at the surface and as a result the gold output here surpassed that of all other mining districts in Colorado combined, up until the 1880s, and still today ranks second highest overall in terms of gold production. There were also substantial amounts of silver, lead, copper and zinc mined here. In the 100 years spanning 1859 to 1959 this county produced roughly 4,255,000 ounces of gold which would be worth $7.2 Billion today.
For more information and photos, check out the blog post here: https://sublunarphotography.blogspot.com/2021/09/colorado-gold-mines.html
I’m from Colorado, which mine is this one?