tamrock
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- Jan 16, 2013
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My daughter and I took a drive in the mountains yesterday to enjoy the fall season. These are from a visit to an old mining town called Saint Elmo. The Mary Murphy mine was the big operator in this region and ran continuously from 1870 to 1925, and produced 220 thousand ounces of gold in it's time. When I lived up in this area there were some mining folks who made an effort to reopen the mine in around 1978 or early 80's and I recall they even employed some folks from Buena Vista I knew. It didn't last as they had so much permitting and environmental impact issues to get through before they could operate and mine. All that red tape made it impossible to ever once again mine the riches of this deposit.