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Ashcroft is an extinct mining town located in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.The silver mining camp was founded as Castle Forks City in the spring of 1880. A post office named Ashcroft operated at the site from August 12, 1880, until August 5, 1881, when the name was changed to Chloride.
One of the mines in the community, Calumet No. 2, was briefly owned by Henry J. Kaiser and maintained by Kaiser Steel [1] between 1924 and 1971. Although small even for an underground coal mine, in 1961, the Calumet Mine was the county's leading producer. [2]
While there were gold mining efforts near Red Mountain during the 1870s, it was not until silver discoveries in 1882 that a more permanent population arrived, seeing the foundation of a town. [3] Red Mountain Town, as it would become known, formed part of the Red Mountain Pass mining district between Silverton and Ouray. Alongside the Ironton ...
The Amethyst Mine, near Creede, Colorado Remains of an abandoned mine near Silverton, Colorado, in July 2020. Beginning in 1889, Creede, Colorado was the site of another big silver boom. The first discovery was made at the Alpha mine in 1869, but the silver could not be extracted at a profit from the complex ores.
The Redstone Historic District is located in and near the unincorporated community of that name in western Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. It includes the original community of Redstone as built by Colorado Fuel and Iron (CFI) for the coal miners it employed.
The Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s kickoff parade is Saturday, Jan. 14, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1896. This will be the first All-Western parade since 2020. More than 2,000 ...
Historic district which includes the silver mining towns of Georgetown and Silver Plume as well as the 1884 railway engineering marvel which connects them, the Georgetown Loop Railroad. 10: Granada Relocation Center (Amache National Historic Site) Granada Relocation Center
The 2024 edition of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo takes center stage Jan. 13 with the All-Western Parade — kicking off three weeks of events paying tribute to the cowboy way of life ...