The town of Cardinal, in the mountains west of Boulder, Colorado, was moved a short distance from its original location to be near the most productive mines before it was abandoned. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Water dripping down from above has created ice columns that look like stalagmites in a mine tunnel near Magnolia, Colorado. #colorado #photography
One of the houses at the Crossons townsite, near Pine, Colorado, looks modern because it was adopted and maintained by a fishing club soon after the town was abandoned. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Segment 4 of the Colorado trail follows the North Fork of Lost Creek for several miles in a long, flat valley near Bailey, Colorado. coloradotrail.pages.dev #colorado #scenery #photography
I see a lot of old cabins with unusually low ceilings, many of which also have a small door, but this one near Leadville, Colorado has just been shrinking, as the upper logs dry out and the lower ones crumble into the ground. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography
Even though there was a lot of mining in the area, this cabin northeast of Leadville, Colorado was on its own in a valley, and had some pens for animals, so it might have been a homestead. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Because the tunnel had collapsed long before, Kali didn't get very far when she decided to seek shelter in this mine near Tolland, Colorado. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #photography
This hoist, that I found at a mine near Eldora, Colorado, can be powered by hand or by animals by putting a long lever in the bracket. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
I didn't see any animals at all during my hike to this small lake west of Empire, Colorado, but it looks like a lot of them go there to stand around in the water. doughayes.pages.dev/photospheres #colorado #scenery #photography
This cabin near Leadville, Colorado must have been built after the mine was well established, because one side is sitting on the tailing pile and the other side is on stilts. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
I always know when I've come across a grouse because they loudly fly up into a nearby tree, but ptarmigans like this one south of Copper Mountain, Colorado don't seem to fly at all, and I've only ever heard them making quiet clucking sounds. #colorado #birds #photography
For many years, wherever I went, I would see a lot of broken mine carts, usually without their wheels, but more recently I've been finding them fully intact and sitting on their tracks, like these two southeast of Frisco, Colorado. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
While columbines and paintbrushes don't necessarily always grow in patches, these two friends hanging out on a mountain west of Rollinsville, Colorado were the only two flowers in the area. #colorado #flowers #photography
This was my first view of a small building near Eldora, Colorado, which except for the lack of windows, looks relatively new or restored, but it was actually quite old and it recently collapsed after a heavy snow. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Moss creeps up a mineral stained rock face on a mountain near Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #textures #photography
Along with a tower halfway down the cliff, this was one of several cable car systems that extended into a canyon south of Minturn, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Looking north from an unnamed ridge at 13,370 foot Mount Guyot, near Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
This is one of the better preserved of several dredges that dug up the valleys around Breckenridge, Colorado in the search for gold. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
Near the top of Raleigh Peak, with a decades old burn scar visible to the south, near Buffalo Creek, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
I have never hesitated to seek shelter inside a mine entrance during a thunderstorm, but even though it looks like a good one, I can't imagine climbing up this ladder in a mine near Georgetown, Colorado under any circumstances. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
One of several large beaver ponds on Jefferson Creek, northwest of Jefferson, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
Rubble from the steep mountainside above this steam boiler near Red Cliff, Colorado, will eventually bury it, or possibly roll it down into the canyon. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
In Waterton Canyon, west of Denver, Colorado, where the five hundred mile long Colorado Trail begins. coloradotrail.pages.dev #colorado #scenery #photography
Looking down at Paris Mill, west of Alma, Colorado, from a mine at the upper end of an aerial tramway that once transported ore down to the mill. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
