After breakfast we peddle uphill a mile and a half to where we left the Mineral Belt Trail yesterday. It's more uphill through more mine tailings. Because this area became a super fund site in 1980, a lot of the diggings have been graded and capped. However there are still many headframes left in place.
We come to the literal high point of the trail and begin to coast. Ahh... We cruise down through Oro, the very first mining town in Colorado. This is where it all started, at the head of California Gulch. There are a few headframes left but the town is completely gone. We continue down a gentle grade to the point we started at three days ago.
We have a really big thunderstorm this afternoon so we stay home and have leftovers.
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| Mining reclamation. |
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| Leadville |
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| Super fund site with remnant of mining headframe. |
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| More superfund, mining headframe and town of Leadville. |
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| Oro, the first mining town in Colorado. |
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| Leadville is also known as 'The Cloud City'. |
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