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Colorado ghost towns were abandoned for a number of reasons: Mining towns were abandoned when the mines closed, largely due to the devaluation of silver in 1893. Mill towns were abandoned when the mining towns they serviced closed. Farming towns on the eastern plains were often deserted due to rural depopulation.
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.
For instance, the mining camp at Dunnville was captured by a trainload of soldiers that defeated union miners. [31] 1903 gold Old Colorado City Governor James Hamilton Peabody sent troops to Colorado City in 1903 to settle a miner's strike. They set up Camp Peabody at what became the 1903 Colorado Labor War. [32]
Uravan (a contraction of uranium/vanadium [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.
The Colorado Silver Boom was a dramatic expansionist period of silver mining activity in the U.S. state of Colorado in the late 19th century. The boom started in 1879 with the discovery of silver at Leadville .
Vulcan, Colorado, circa 1896. Vulcan was the most productive mining town to appear along the Gunnison Gold Belt, a gold-rich greenstone belt that spans over 25 miles (40 km) across southern Gunnison County and adjacent Saguache County. Multiple gold strikes resulted in mining operations and short-lived mining camps throughout the belt.
Tomboy is a ghost town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States. [1] Tomboy was a mining town located 2 mi (3.2 km) east of Telluride. At an elevation of 11,509 ft (3,508 m), Tomboy is one of the highest ghost towns in the United States. [2]
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.