Around Twin Lakes CO

[rginn]

Checking out the area since it's such a nice spring day in the middle of winter here in the high country. The visitor center in Twin Lakes was at one time the Red Rooster Tavern, also the local house of ill repute, where you could find a little female companionship if you weren't too particular, I suppose. We just don't have the snow yet, but of course our snowier months are usually in early spring.

 

[tamrock]

Cool old mountain structures.

 

[billb]

Love the scenery!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing

 

[Chilli]

Love the first one with the old buildings.
The gravels in the foreground, are they from gold mining, they look like it.

 

[rginn]

That's the Box Creek mining district Chili. A little over a hundred years ago a dredge boat operated down that valley and took out 39,000 ounces of gold. Those buildings are from the original operation. About 6 years ago a company opened up a large scale placer operation here. I was able to walk down and look those buildings over up close before the placer mining went in, and although it's not posted they may not want people in there now. They're gettin closer to them, but I hope they leave the buildings alone. I have no idea what they're producing, but it must be a paying operation, seeing all the heavy equipment they have.

 

[mtdoramike]

Love the scenery!!!!!!
Thank you for sharing

Me Too

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

That's the Box Creek mining district Chili. A little over a hundred years ago a dredge boat operated down that valley and took out 39,000 ounces of gold. Those buildings are from the original operation. About 6 years ago a company opened up a large scale placer operation here. I was able to walk down and look those buildings over up close before the placer mining went in, and although it's not posted they may not want people in there now. They're gettin closer to them, but I hope they leave the buildings alone. I have no idea what they're producing, but it must be a paying operation, seeing all the heavy equipment they have.

Do you know if the operated 'down' or 'up' the valley??

 

[Mattock]

Do you know if the operated 'down' or 'up' the valley??

Up, this is were Dozer Dave Turin mined a couple of years ago. The dredge was the Derry.

 

[rginn]

cyzak got it. I should have said 'in that valley' cause I didn't really know if they went down or up at the time.