Mines in Colorado

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.