Milky Way Over the Theresa Mine
Theresa Mine with Milky Way in Independence, Colorado, outside Victor.
Last Dollar Mine Sorting House
Last Dollar Mine Sorting House in Independence, Colorado, in the Vindicator Valley.
Last Dollar Sorting Bins
The Last Dollar Mine began operation in 1896 and was up the mountain from this location. The ore came out of the mine and down the mountain on a conveyor, and then was dropped into these bins. The rock that was discarded by the sorters fell directly below and behind cribbing on the other side of this structure. Then, ore chutes came out of the bins and into the railroad cars, which took it to the mill for processing. This is only a portion of the complex that was there at the turn of the century, and looking at this from the other side would reveal a 3-story structure built into the hillside.
Vindicated Milky Way
Milky Way over the Vindicator Mine Ore House in the Vindicator Valley, outside Victor and Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Vindicator Mine
The Vindicator Mine in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado. This was my very first Milky Way photo, taken in June, 2016.
Theresa Mine Under the Stars
The Theresa Mine Under the Milky Way. Located in the Vindicator Valley in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado.
Hornbeck Cabin in Florissant, Colorado
Namaste, Milky Way
Yoga under the Milky Way off Gold Camp Road outside Victor, Colorado.
Milky Way with Perseid Meteor
This was taken off Gold Camp Road outside the Cripple Creek Mining District during the peak night of the 2017 Perseid Meteor shower.
Vindicated
The Vindicator Mine in the ghost town of Independence, Colorado.
Homestead Under the Milky Way
The Hornbeck Cabin is part of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument in Florissant, Colorado.
Instant Kharma
Yoga under the Milky Way on Gold Camp Road outside Victor, Colorado.
Hoosier Pass Mines
Two relocated mines on top of Hoosier Pass outside Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Valley Ruins
Old mines ruin dot the Vindicator Valley in Victor, Colorado, in the Cripple Creek Mining District.
Mountain Stream
Mountain stream along Gold Camp Road outside the Cripple Creek mining district.
Dusky Mountains
Purple Haze
Gold Camp Colors
Gold Camp Road, which travels from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek, Colorado.
Layers
Cripple Creek Sunset
Beebe House Christmas
Beebe House, Vindicator Valley, Independence, Cripple Creek Mining District, gold mining, ghost town, homestead, old homestead, abandoned, abandoned house, mountains, Colorado
This is the Beebe house, which sits in the Vindicator Valley of Independence. My Beebe was the mine foreman of the Vindicator Mine.
Goldfield Victorian
This old Victorian sits on the top of a hill behind the ghost town of Goldfield, Colorado.
Hail No
Stormy Recovery
Sunlight and Storm
Storm Clouds
Dappled
After the Storm
Solitary
One of three old miners' cabins left in Independence, Colorado.
Rain Clouds
Mine and Mountain
Last Dollar Colors
Gorgeous leaf covered road outside Telluride.
Sentintel
Pinky
Storm A Comin'