Monarch Pass

[tamrock]

This is an old operation that mined cement and calcite on Monarch pass in Colorado. It May be from the 1950's or so? as I see some translucent corrugated green fiberglass sheets also on it. Didn't fiberglass become popular in the mid 50's?...My thoughts would be to disassemble all this and build a very cool Brew Pub out of it all in a new location. Much of this old rusted corrugated sheet and old heavy timbers would have some nice value as rustic architectural building materials. It's not any kind of historic or romantic gold mining site that should left alone. Why not make something unique out of all this stuff

 

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[vpnavy]

Nice photograph! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Hillbilly Joe]

Cool pic, first thing I thought of was the Argo gold mine, but pretty sure it was a tourist trap last time I was by it.

 

[Jdubya]

It sure is in better shape than the one on the Aspen side of Independence Pass

 

[Jason in Enid]

Isn't this on the Salida side of the pass? I think I remember seeing this last month when going skiing.

 

[tamrock]

Isn't this on the Salida side of the pass? I think I remember seeing this last month when going skiing.

That's a big 10-4. How was your ski trip?

 

[tamrock]

It sure is in better shape than the one on the Aspen side of Independence Pass

Not sure I remember that much on the one on independence pass, but I kind of do?. I think two summers ago I decided I will no longer drive into Aspen. The place is an absolute rat trap anymore. Just to much traffic these days. It was 35 years ago a beautiful place to visit and take a tour over the pass from twin lakes and back. I did that allot back then.

 

[Jason in Enid]

That's a big 10-4. How was your ski trip?

It was great! 40+ inches of fresh powder when we arrived and of course the beauty of the Rockies.

 

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