Silverton, Colorado

 Today was a day at Silverton, Co.  But, it was just a "day in the park" type thing even though we did have lunch in a park.  On the way, Jerry took us 4-wheeling throught the back roads and mountains to see the rivers and the beautiful trees in bloom.  We saw all kinds of animals along the way.  But our first stop was a western town, still put together as it was in the 1800's.  Yes, they have to paint and make it livable, but it is the same structure.   Some of these buildings were really cute.  The people were actually living in them. We did see some being rebuilt safer.  We actually had lunch in this tiny town. The mountain at the end of the main road rose up high into the air.  There was a Falls coming out of that mountain and it was so beautiful.

Oh!  let me tell you abour the Mine we actually got to go into.  This mine was a very active mine until they were closed down.  Well, when the boss tell the men the mine is closing, they drop everything and head out the door.  They leave whatever is there.  There is no $$ coming in so why not just leave?  I was told that if people only knew how much gold they were walking on every time they hiked the area.  Here are some of the Mine pictures.  Really interesting. This is Jerry and Burl at the door of the mine.  It is locked and closed.  So much to see at these old mines.

This hole that Jerry is pointing to is where the men would put the dynamite.  It is very rare to find a rack that still has the hole in place.