Smuggler Mine tour - Aspen
Rich and I get an opportunity to chip away at a mineral vein. VERY interesting tour to do, if you're in the Aspen area.
The 2 Silver Bros. Smuggler Mine Tour Aspen Colorado. Real Life Minecraft!
The 2 Silver Bros. Take a Tour of Smuggler Mine in Aspen, Colorado. The Tour Guide Jay Was an Amazing Guy! He Gave the Boys a Ride on One of the Flatbed Mine Carts, and Let Them Hammer Away on Some of The Ore, and Even Let Them Take Away A Few Pieces They Hammered Out. This Tour is Highly Recommended it Was Super Fun and Interesting Learning All The History of The Mine and The Area. Jay Gave us a Day to Remember! Thanks Again!
Here is a Little History of The Smuggler Mine From Wikipedia. The Smuggler Mine is located on the slopes of Smuggler Mountain, on the north edge of Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is the oldest operating silver mine in the Aspen mining district, and one of the few still operating from Aspen's early boom years. In 1987 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The largest silver nugget ever mined, weighing 1840 lbs (834.6 kg) came from Smuggler. At its peak the mine was responsible for nearly one-fifth of the world's total silver output.[2] Its extensive tunnel system reaches more than a thousand feet (300 m) below the entrance, extending under the city of Aspen, although most of the lower tunnels are presently flooded.Smuggler was one of the few mines in the Aspen area to reopen after the 1893 repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. It continued producing ore until 1918, and was reopened in the 1970s. In 1984 it was designated a Superfund site after tests found high levels of lead and cadmium in the soil. It took the Environmental Protection Agency 12 years to clean up the site. While it is estimated that nearly a million pounds (400,000 kg) of recoverable ore remain in the mine, it is used as much for tours today as mining.
Smuggler Mine Past and Present
The Smuggle Mine is a valuable piece of Aspen's mining history. The Smuggler Mine produced the largest silver nugget ever mined weighing 1,840 pounds in 1894. The mine is still active today and is cared for by its modern day owners.
Thank you to Jay Parker & the Aspen Historical Society . Created by Toni Case.
Aspen Smuggler Silver Mine
A tour of the Smuggler Mine outside of Aspen.
Smuggler Mine
A tour of the Smuggler silver mine outside of Aspen, CO
120 Red Mountain Road, Aspen CO 81611 Rear of lot
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Limelight Lodge, Aspen, Colorado - United States (US)
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Limelight Lodge, Aspen, Colorado - United States (US)
The Limelight Lodge is situated in downtown Aspen, Colorado. Guests will find plenty of ski areas located quite nearby. The hotel also offers easy access to the Smuggler Mine, Wheeler Opera House, Ashcroft Ghost Town, and many other museums and attractions. The Limelight Lodge is situated only a short distance from the Aspen Airport. The airport and other Aspen points of interest and attractions can be easily reached using taxi cabs or by using local rental car services.All of the guestrooms at the Limelight Lodge offer modern amenities. All 126 rooms include comfortable king sized beds as well as wireless Internet access, movies, games, and kitchenettes. Each room offers a fireplace and a private bathroom and most offer private balconies.Guests will find ample shopping and dining options near the Limelight Lodge. There is an expanded breakfast located right onsite as well as numerous other amenities. The hotel offers event spaces, Internet access, a pool, and a hot tub.
Hotel Features
General
Room Service, Pet Friendly, Disabled Access, Air Conditioned, Refrigerator, Cable / Satellite TV, In Room Movies, Kitchenette, Coffee / Tea Maker, Microwave, Hair Dryer, TV, Disabled Accessible Rooms, Wheel Chair Access, Shower, En suite, Private Bathroom, Spa/Jetted Tub, Cots, Picnic Area/Tables, Ice Machine, Vending Machines, Family Room
Activities
Fitness Room/Gym, Swimming pool, Tour Desk, Excursions, Hiking, Fitness Facilities, Jacuzzi, Pool Outdoor
Services
Business Center, Concierge, Elevator / Lift, Dry Cleaning, Babysitting / Child Services, Housekeeping, Banquet Facilities, Conference Room(s), Currency Exchange, Multilingual Staff, Safe-Deposit Box, Wake-up Service, Meeting Rooms, Laundry service, Computer, Desk, Direct dial phone, Dictaphone, Ballroom, Audio/Visual Equipment, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Self Laundry
Internet
High-speed Internet is available at this hotel. Wireless internet on site.
Parking
Paid parking is available. There is an airport shuttle that runs from the hotel.
Check-in
From 4:00 PM
Check-out
Prior to 11:00 AM
FAQ
The following questions have been answered for you by Limelight Lodge... What are your breakfast options?A complimentary continental breakfast is provided to all of our guests. This includes freshly baked pastries, homemade granola, fresh fruit and yogurt, dry cereals and a variety of fresh breads and bagels. We recently added lunch meats and cheeses to our spread. On Sundays we served smoked salmon and capers. We would be happy to direct guests to some of the local eateries if they prefer a hot breakfast. What can I do nearby?As for entertainment The Limelight Lodge will have in house entertainment throughout the ski season as a part of our Apres Ski. Local artists will perform in our lobby from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. It is open to the public and our cash bar will be open during those hours.Outside of the property, the main venues are as follows:-The Belly Up showcases national and international acts as well as dance parties, film nights and other events.-The Wheeler Opera House provides a variety of entertainment including music, dance performances, plays and comedy. Do you have internet?The Limelight Lodge does not have hardwired capabilities in our rooms, we do have free wireless/wifi. A code will be provided to our guests upon arrival.
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#ParkerJaxWard getting excited about going to Krablooniks in Aspen, CO 3.23.14
- Dan MacEachen
In the spring of 1974, Stuart Mace gave me 55 of his world famous Toklat sled dogs. I named the kennel Krabloonik after the first lead dog that I raised while I was at Toklat. Krabloonik means big eyebrows, which is the Eskimo term for white man. The dogs were a gift of one man's love and it was not something given lightly. I had to prove that I could handle the business and carry on the traditions.
The Mace family had the dogs at Toklat in Ashcroft since 1947 and prior to that in the Fifth Mountain Division during WWII. Ashcroft, 11 miles south of Aspen, CO was a bustling mining community in the late 1880s to the early 1890s. The transition was neither an act of desperation on my part nor a casual undertaking on his part, explained Stuart Mace. Mace knew that his health and age would not permit him to continue the strenuous routine that the kennel at Toklat demanded and so the gift was offered. But I had to go through a rigorous 4 1/2 year European-type apprenticeship to prove my ability and improve my skills.
The dogs are hybrids of three original sled dog types-Malamute, Eskimo, and Siberian (commonly grouped together under the name of Husky). The combination of breeds results in broad chests and shoulders, long legs, and wide paws, which I consider ideal for pulling in our mountains and powder snow. The dogs are bred only to fill a space on the sled teams, not for sale or show.
Not only are the dogs good workers, but they make excellent pets, and as they are very even-tempered and affectionate, they are also intelligent, loving sensitive, big-hearted, and amazingly strong with stamina beyond compare. They have a tremendous desire to please. On the other hand, they can also be independent, strong-willed, stubborn, preponderant, and feisty.
Teams of 11 dogs pull handcrafted sleds every day in winter. The sleds were adapted from original bone and rawhide Eskimo sleds by Mace. They carry people and provisions on the tour of the Snowmass-Maroon Bells Wilderness area. The dogs are worked so hard during the sledding season that they rest all during the heat, as is customary to the Eskimo way of life.
The dog of the Eskimo is one of the oldest domesticated dogs known to mankind, They were put to work centuries ago and now they pull by instinct. Contrary to popular belief, they are not part wolf. The Krabloonik tradition, like that of Toklat, follows the original Arctic Eskimo style of large freighting teams used to haul supplies and people. The large teams usually pair male and female side by side in harness.
The driver holds no whip or rein. He commands the dogs verbally, using tone and inflection of his voice to control speed. These commands are down for lie down, alright for go, gee for right turn, haw for left turn, and no and easy are the same. Each driver has to establish his own rapport, mutual bond of love, respect, and discipline, all of which must be earned. The experience of driving a sled team is a physical, mental and emotional one beyond anything I know.
The dogs are bred and born here, and until they are approximately 1 1/2 years old they do nothing but grow and play with the guests. Then they are placed in the middle of an experienced training team where they learn to follow in the footsteps of the older ones, figuratively and literally. After the adolescent dog learns commands and discipline, he is worked throughout the team until he learns all of the positions except lead, where he has to be groomed slowly. The positions of the team from front to back are lead, point, swing, intermediate, sub-wheel and wheel. I promote the versatility of the dogs by constantly rotating their positions and teams. A lead dog is capable of working all of the positions. The other dogs are not capable of leading because they are natural followers and have no desire to lead and they respect the leader for that trait.
Lead dogs are instinctively born leaders. It is not a trait that I can breed or train. Contrary to some of Jack London's Call of the Wild writings, the lead dog is not always the biggest, strongest, meanest or most intelligent one of the pack. Quite often they are smallish and subordinate.
The dogs and driver become one and work as a team, the musher being the supervisor and the lead dog being the foreman, taking the commands and directions from the driver and putting them into action, often going against his own will to please the driver.
When you take a sled trip you are witness to an example of the first teamwork between man and animal. The man driving the team is so close to nature-it is such a physical thing-he is dealing with something that is so very real. There is ruggedness about it, a true pioneer spirit that we are able to see and identify---even if we're city dwellers. It's a unique experience and Krabloonik is the only large working sledding operation left in the world today.
-- Mt Mason, friend.
518 W Smuggler, Aspen, CO - Julie Mandt, Sotheby's Real Estate
Exquisite west end home in Aspen, Colorado. This unique residence is richly appointed throughout. European details and state of the art design complete with spacious bedrooms and family room on lower level. Top floor master suite with top of the line finishes, along with private executive office. Terrific, comfortable home perfect for full time family or ''easy'' vacation home with many amenities.
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Independence Mine in Hatcher's Pass
After a 1-1.5 mile snowshoe from ~3000 ft to 3500ft, I stopped to take a couple images for my Thesis Project.
Aspen Historical Society 2x2
Lebanon Silver Mine Tour
We took the Georgetown Narrow Gauge Train to the Lebanon Silver Mine Tour. It was a great tour with a lot of great information about mining from our guide J.R.
Washington Losing Control of Borders
Washington isn't doing its job to secure the U.S. border with Mexico.
That's the assessment of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who last night ordered a state law-enforcement surge on the Texas-Mexico border—while saying he can no longer wait for Washington to act.
Perry is calling this matter a humanitarian crisis and by all indications that is a correct assessment.
In an urgent letter to Public Safety Department Director Col. Steven McCraw, Gov. Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Texas House Speaker Joe Strauss wrote the following:
The Texas border remains unsecured, threatening the safety of Texas citizens and provoking a humanitarian issue in our border counties. According to recent Texas threat assessments, the majority of Mexican cartels maintain control of networks in Texas to support drug and human smuggling operations.
The letter goes on to say, The various crimes related directly to cartels—including murder, sexual assault, extortion, child prostitution, home invasion—put Texas citizens' life at risk and strain the resources of state and local law enforcement and criminal justice systems.
Mentioning dangers to migrating children, the letter also notes, [A]pprehension of unaccompanied minor children in the Rio Grande Valley more than doubled last year.
The child factor has reportedly overwhelmed federal resources. And it could mean increased drug trafficking and human smuggling.
The Rio Grande Valley is the region of Texas including Rio Grande City and McAllen to the West, over to Brownsville to the east, along the border with Mexico. It mainly consists of Starr, Hidalgo and Cameron counties.
Perry's direction to begin combating the flood of unregulated migration carries an estimated cost of $1.3 million per week.
The responsibility for securing the border rests exclusively on the federal government, Perry's letter also noted, while stressing that until Washington acts to fully secure the border, Texas will have to act on its own.
Perry also directed the Texas Public Safety Department to prepare a full cost report for the 84th State Legislature and for Perry's office.
Meanwhile, in Washington, the main immigration-reform bill, S. 744, is one of 16 versions of House and Senate immigration bills. S. 744 was introduced in April of 2013 and was passed by the Democratic-led Senate one year ago this month.
However, the House bottled it up, with the majority Republicans saying they wanted to handle this legislation on a piecemeal basis—instead of dealing with one huge bill like the Senate version.
But critics say the federal legislation is too focused on forgiving well over 11 million illegal aliens and providing them with a pathway to citizenship. Meanwhile, Washington politicians hesitate to handle the hot-button immigration issue due to their re-election concerns.
America once carefully screened immigrants from all nations at Ellis Island, New York, where those wanting to reside in the U.S. or become a citizen were screened for communicable diseases and were assessed in terms of their reasons for being here.
Yet now we have states like Texas having to take matters into their own hands. Perhaps Texas will finally get Washington to make the right kind of reforms regarding border security.
But it will be interesting see whether Texas, which was once a separate nation for 10 years into the 1840s, can take the lead in effectively securing its border. The lesson for other states could indeed be instructive.
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Rolling waters of Hunter Creek in Aspen Colorado
The Hunter Creek trail in Aspen Colorado runs down Red Mountain and is a popular hiking trail.
Independence Ghost Town | Old Gold Mining Town | Aspen | Colorado | USA
Independence ghost town is in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located just off State Highway 82 in the eastern corner of Pitkin County, below the Continental Divide. It was the first settlement established in the Roaring Fork Valley, after gold was struck in the vicinity on Independence Day, July 4, 1879, hence its name. In 1973 it was recognized as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Independence and Independence Mill Site, one of two ghost towns in the county so recognized. It has also been known historically by other names—Chipeta, Mammoth City, Mount Hope, Farwell, Sparkill and Hunter's Pass.
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American Southwest (#08): Maroon Bells Wilderness, Colorado
Aspen ... Prospectors who had missed out on Leadville's bonanza climbed Independence Pass and went down into a valley along the Roaring Fork in 1879. They found silver float almost immediately and set up a tent camp they called Ute City. In the spring of 1880, promoter, town surveyor, and future mayor Clark Wheeler came to camp. He renamed the place Aspen before returning to Leadville, where his tales of the new camp began a rush to purchase town plots he had ready to sell.
But the glowing review of the camp was no promoter's exaggeration. Lode silver was found in numerous places on Aspen, Red, and Smuggler Mountains. Some mines produced staggering amounts; in 1883, a bedroom-sized chamber in the Enima Mine produced $500,000 alone. That year the country's largest ore body - 140 feet across - was discovered in the Compromise Mine. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad reached Aspen from Glenwood Springs in 1887, followed a year later by the Colorado Midland, which came from Leadville through the Hagerman Tunnel. Railroads made silver mining much more profitable, because they significantly reduced transportation costs. In 1884, before the railroads, $3.5 million worth of silver was produced. In 1888, that figure rose to $7 million. A year later it approached $10 million.
Aspen basked in the prosperity. It installed the state's first electric streetlights. Its eight thousand citizens could eat in posh restaurants, entertain guests in the opulent Hotel Jerome, enjoy the refinement of a lavish opera house, and take a Bathing Train to the warm waters at Glenwood Springs. Then came 1893, the repeal of the Sherman Act, and the precipitous drop in silver's value.
Although Aspen was seriously wounded by the Silver Crash, it did not completely collapse as many silver towns did. Miners took wage cuts and Aspen, however tentatively, held on. In fact, one-sixth of all the silver in the United States produced between 1894 and 1918 came from Aspen. In 1894, the Smuggler Mine produced a nugget of 93 percent pure silver and weighing 2,060 pounds. After 1918, however, Aspen came very close to becoming a ghost town. Its primary appeal was to summer visitors who enjoyed its fishing streams and hiking trails.
A Vision Beyond the Battlefield Final
The story of the 10th Mountain Division and ski pioneer Friedl Pfeifer and their impact on Aspen, Colorado after World War II. This film made possible courtesy of Aspen Historical Society.
Government Trail West- Snowmass to Aspen August 2013
This is a great ride! Beautiful views and fun terrain. Unfortunately, I ran out of batteries for the decent. It's a wild ride down into Aspen going over the Tiehack Ski Area.
Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death?
Autumn in Telluride, Colorado
More or less a Zen look at Autumn in Telluride, Colorado.
Telluride is located at an elevation of 8,750 feet in an isolated spot in Southwest Colorado. From the west, Colorado Route 145 is the most common way into Telluride; however, there are two alternate passes to enter the town: Imogene Pass and Black Bear Pass.
On the eastern side of town, there are two waterfalls, Ingram Falls, which is visible from town, and Bridal Veil Falls and the Bridal Veil Hydroelectric plant, which are just out of sight from town to the right of Ingram. The power plant house was leased for a period of time by Eric Jacobsen, who restored the house and the generator inside. The hydroelectric plant was built in 1895 to power the Smuggler-Union Mine. It is the second-oldest alternating current power plant in the world, the first being the Ames Hydroelectric Generating Plant near Ophir, Colorado, also in San Miguel County.
Historical population
Year Pop.
1890 786
1900 2,446
1910 1,756
1920 1,618
1930 512
1940 1,337
1950 1,101
1960 677
1970 553
1980 1,047
1990 1,309
2000 2,221
2007 2,360
The town is served by air transportation via Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), the highest altitude commercial airport in the United States. The airport is considered challenging by pilots because of frequent adverse weather conditions, high altitude, and the extremely rugged mountain terrain which surrounds the airport on nearly all sides. Major airline service is provided seasonally into Montrose, approximately 70 miles north by road.
Beyond the ski lifts, Telluride is now widely recognized as an all-season resort. Telluride Ski Resort is definitely the main attraction in the winter. But when summer comes around, Telluride transforms into an outdoor recreation hot spot, with tourists visiting to enjoy mountain biking, hiking, river rafting, sightseeing and more. The Telluride Tourism Board promotes tourism in the region.
Telluride is also home to many endurance events. The Hardrock 100, held in July, has a major aid station in the town park. The Fall Tilt, a 12-hour downhill mountain biking event, is held in Mountain Village each September. And the 40-mile Telluride Mountain Run loops the town in a wide swathe that includes some of the most difficult and scenic trails in the area.
Telluride, along with Ridgway, are the two cities closest to the New Mexico, Utah and Nevada that allow the recreational sales of marijuana.