tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post1377759157613699838..comments2024-02-08T03:19:48.451-07:00Comments on Box Canyon Blog.com: Strolling Ironton, Guston, Yankee Girl, Colorado Boy… A Summer Versus Winter PerspectiveBox Canyon Blog.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-55248057459181152272015-09-11T04:58:11.690-06:002015-09-11T04:58:11.690-06:00Just read a book titled "Abandon" by Bla...Just read a book titled "Abandon" by Blake Crouch (I think) set in an abandoned mining town near Silverton. Thanks to the pictures you post it was easy for me to "picture" the area as I was reading!Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/05979446142128610261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-72676974900350851842015-08-16T08:09:51.508-06:002015-08-16T08:09:51.508-06:00I have been on the lookout for that Yankee Girl st...I have been on the lookout for that Yankee Girl structure that I have seen in your snowshoe photos. So cool to see the buildings contrasted in summer vs winter. Gorgeous new header photo. When we goin' there? ;-) Suzannehttp://www.taketothehighway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-58696070965695755232015-08-16T07:57:12.845-06:002015-08-16T07:57:12.845-06:00Since it's highly unlikely we will ever visit ...Since it's highly unlikely we will ever visit Ouray in winter, it was nice to see the snow photos. Quite a contrast!Jim and Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982110996137470496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-41299771327802424452015-08-16T05:49:20.506-06:002015-08-16T05:49:20.506-06:00Love the summer / winter perspectives! The sheer n...Love the summer / winter perspectives! The sheer number of historical relics in your area is amazing, and so much fun to explore. Thanks for taking me back there!Metamorphosis Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637866156639686101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-12117348562482476462015-08-16T04:34:34.515-06:002015-08-16T04:34:34.515-06:00Love those old remnants of former boom towns. Like...Love those old remnants of former boom towns. Like you said: If the walls could talk..what stories would there be.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01197108331214049357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4134981800236544647.post-19159776793444625962015-08-15T20:08:29.863-06:002015-08-15T20:08:29.863-06:00No doubt the miners and others who came to "t...No doubt the miners and others who came to "town" lived a hard life. I often wonder when I'm in the area how they did it. It's easy to say the lure of precious metal drove them. But somebody had to come into the rugged mountains and get it done, whether digging into the side of a mountain or erecting buildings and mills or hauling equipment. There have been many times I've sat in Ouray and looked up at the mountain behind the town, with its many "Windows". It took a tour of the mine there to realize those were horizontal tunnel openings dug from INSIDE the mountain, never mind the vertical shafts drilled or dug to even allow for the horizontal ones. Thus the term "hard rock miners". They were made of different stuff, that's for sure.Ed@Chasing Sunrises and Sunsetshttp://www.sunrisesandsunsets.usnoreply@blogger.com