Colorado's San Juan Mountains are home to some of the most
historic, and notorious, gold and silver mining towns in the West:
Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, and Creede. For five centuries, the
San Juans were the summer home to the Ute Indians. They were
explored and claimed by Spaniards 250 years ago, and it has only
been 150 years since they were entered and permanently settled by
European Americans.
Probably above all else, the San Juan Mountains' legacy will be
tied to the mining camps and towns that littered their terrain. The
1859 Pikes Peak gold rush brought the prospectors, followed by
entrepreneurs of all stripes who opened saloons, hotels, and
general stores. Still others came to practice their chosen
professions: lawyers, newspaper editors, gamblers, and the
occasional gunman. Two decades later, the rich silver veins in the
San Juans were adding to the mining frenzy.
John Ninnemann's photographs illustrate the text and include the
natural, and sometimes harsh, beauty of the area, narrow-gauge
railroads, and mountain trails. Duane Smith, recognized historian
of Colorado's mining areas, provides the history of the San Juan
Mountains, the mining camps, boomtowns, and ghost towns.
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