Gold Mine Above Ouray, Colorado, Box Canyon

[davemoore52266]

is building still there?

[JeepsterGal]

@davemoore52266 Yes, been there over a 100 years...there are tons of old structures like this just clinging to the canyon walls...really amazing stuff. One of them you have to hike 13 miles to get to...

[notpcone]

Legend has it that there are literally hundreds of mine shafts all over Ouray, Silverton, Telluride.

[notpcone]

We live about 1 1/2 hours away from Ouray. We just LOVE that town!!!

[lampmanone]

I worked there when I was 17, 1951. I revisit Ouray quite often.

[JeepsterGal]

@lampmanone Do you mean you worked in that mine, or just Ouray in general?

[lampmanone]

@JeepsterGal

Yes, I worked in the mine, also at the Beaumont hotel. I was 17 years old, traveling to the United States.

Love is so much stayed 6 months.

I have been back several times, also worked in the mine in 1972.

Dan

[JeepsterGal]

@lampmanone That's so cool! What is the name of that mine? I always wondered. And how did you access it? That mine was functioning all the way up until 1972?

[lampmanone]

@JeepsterGal

it was 1962 my mistake it was not 72.

The original name was, campbird, the King family leased it for 99 years, it was called (The King Lease.)

[JeepsterGal]

@lampmanone Thanks for the name. Now I will know! Very cool! I had no idea it was a working mine up until the 60s!

[TookieWookie]

Would love to hike up to it.

[mycatwilatackyou]

I love Ouray !

[dazedNconfused4444]

You're welcome, I have a second home in Ouray and know quite a bit about the area. I really enjoyed your True Grit video. My father grew up on a ranch above ridgway where they filmed parts of that movie. I can remember him showing me pieces of the set up on the ranch.

[stormluvr4life]

I hiked this last year with my husband, it was scary! i love ouray i go every year to spend time with my family that lives there. i hope to live there someday!

[dazedNconfused4444]

that's the chief ouray mine. i hiked up to it a few years ago.

[JeepsterGal]

Hey, thanks for letting me know. I always wondered what the name was.