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Trails Among the Columbine 1989 A Colorado High Country Anthology #920 HardCover
Trails Among the Columbine 1989 A Colorado High Country Anthology #920
A Colorado High Country Anthology
Sundance Publications Limited
Hard Cover with plasic covering
192 Pages
Copyright 1989
Contents
A Paddle on Blue Mesa
By Steven J. Meyers 7
The Black Cation of the Gunnison
By Russ Coltman 14
The Gunnison Country
By Russ Collman 88
The Rio Grande's Baldwin Branch
By Russ Collman 118
The Gunnison Gold Belt
By Russ Coltman 135
COLORADO'S VALUABLE metallic-ore deposits evidently came from deep within the Earth, forced up by the extensive volcanic activity, along with rising water solutions and chemical vapors, all of which deposited complicated ores in concentrated masses within faults and veins of the surface rocks. To a certain extent, minerals are still being deposited in the state.
"GOLD! Gold discovered in the Pikes Peak Country!" was the magic cry that heralded the influx of uncounted waves of people into the mountains of Colorado in 1859 and several times thereafter. Not long after the lust for gold subsided, silver became the big reason for thousands of prospectors and hard-rock miners to pour over the passes into what became known as the Western Slope.
The discovery of gold and silver ushered in a highly turbulent age in Colorado. Gradually, a network of telegraph lines developed; roads and bridges were constructed to connect supply towns with the mining camps. And, although the Union Pacific Railroad routed its transcontinental line through the lower passes of southern Wyoming, General William J. Palmer auspiciously began building his narrow-gauge Denver & Rio Grande Railway southward from Denver to Pueblo, thence westward through the rugged canons and over the high mountain passes to tap the mining districts of Leadville and the broad expanse of the Gunnison Country.
With the coming of statehood in 1876, Colorado entered a period of prosperity and phenomenal growth. All kinds and types of business enterprises flourished, and the population grew at such a fast pace that no one could keep up with it. Largely stimulated by the fantastic silver strikes at Leadville, the Denver & Rio Grande fought its way through the wil-dernessto become one of the most profitable railroads in the world during the fabulous days of the Colorado silver boom.
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