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Mountains of Silver: Life in Colorado's Red Mountain Mining District Paperback – February 16, 2000

by P. David Smith (Author)

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A little over a century ago, the Red Mountain Mining District in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado was the scene of a "silver rush" with an output of precious metals second in Colorado only to that of Leadville. In a period of less than twenty-five years, more than thirty million dollars in silver, lead, zinc, copper, and gold were taken from the rich deposits in the mines along Red Mountain Divide -- an amount roughly equivalent to a quarter billion of today's dollars. The histories of the communities that sprang into being with these mines, the railroads constructed to service them, and the men and women who lived, worked and died in them, are the threads deftly woven into the richly textured story of Mountains of Silver. It is a colorful and varied tapestry that depicts the lives of prospectors who made the first rich strikes; the land promoters, speculators, and road-and-railroad builders who capitalized on the frenzied rush to the area; and the motley collection of miners, lawyers, merchants, prostitutes, saloonkeepers, and freighters who attempted to profit from the boom.

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"Smith has done his homework . . . he focuses on a small district not mined by any other book." -- Tom Moel, University of Denver

About the Author

P. David Smith is the author of five other books about Colorado including Mountain Mysteries, Ouray: Chief of the Utes, Images of the San Juans, A Quick History of Ouray and The Million Dollar Highway. A past president of the Ouray County Historical Society, he lectures frequently on colorado history.

Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Western Reflections Publishing Co. (February 16, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1890437360
ISBN-13: 978-1890437367
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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- #146 in Books > Science & Math > Earth Sciences > Mineralogy
- #148 in Books > Business & Money > Industries > Energy & Mining > Natural Resource Extraction
- #17381 in Books > History > Americas > United States > State & Local

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LIFE IN THE SAN JUANS, SILVERTON, OURAY, CO AREA

July 7, 2007

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If you are a researcher, mining buff, historian, relic or gold hunter, miner, any book by Duane Smith or his posterity is your ticket!

There were a whole series of mining towns in the San Juan Mountains, of which, Red Mountain is one of them (actually, two as there were two sites that used the name). There is a silver mine shaft, with wood framing, that can be seen from the highway going north towards Ouray, that was the National Belle Mine, and this relic marks the spot where Red Mountain (one of them) was located, and is just before the Ucompagre overhang, chiseled out by Otto Mears, and still used as part of the highway system, though it originally was used by Mears as a railroad easement.

The history of the Red Mountains is one of tough times, tough efforts, broken spirits, high value ore and high freighting costs, acid runoff, extreme weather, broken dreams, and some good times as well. The people of these districts were tough nuts too.
Well written, and great research. make it a personal journey and quest, and see how some of the relatives had to live and work, to build the place that one now finds in Silverton and Ouray, or Lake City.

The book is a great guide and the area is a great place to spend some time reviewing the past, in a 4x4 (one can rent these at area motels)

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