Telluride CO. ?

[motherlode68]

Has anyone here ever explored any mines in the Telluride CO. area?

[ExpUt]

'Barely'... I've been out there exploring via 4x4 several times. We've poked around a couple of mines but the majority of the mines we visited were right along major tourist 4x4 corridors and are closed, not reclaimed (thank goodness), just closed. We have stumbled across a few open mines in that area, none in Telluride proper but one at the bottom of Yankee Boy and one in I believe Governors Basin.

I know a group of the Mojave Mine Team made it out to Ouray this past year and had the chance to poke around some mines, they might have some more intel.

[Mark1955]

I've always been very impressed how Colorado has just left those mines alone along the highway going out of Denver... Gives the area a certain ambiance.... looks really cool too.

Mark

[Mike]

Colorado's mining heritage is immaculately preserved. Its incredible to go there and see the amount of time and money spend on preserving these areas.

Like Kurt said, we made it out to Ouray / Creede / Silverton back in June. Its a pretty wet location; these mines have a lot of water. I know telluride has some substantial mining operations; if they are anything like the other areas of Colorado not to far away, they will definitely be worth visiting.

[one_bad_rover]

the Blues and Brews (I think thats what its called) is awesome and in Telluride.