The City of Ouray
by Linda Unger
Original - Not For Sale
Price
Not Specified
Dimensions
5360.000 x 3573.000 inches
This piece is not for sale. Please feel free to contact the artist directly regarding this or other pieces.
Click here to contact the artist.
Title
The City of Ouray
Artist
Linda Unger
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Originally established by miners seeking silver and gold in the surrounding mountains, the town at one time boasted more horses and mules than people. Prospectors arrived in the area in 1875. In 1877, William Weston and George Barber found the Gertrude and Una gold veins in Imogene Basin, six miles south southwest of Ouray. Thomas Walsh acquired the two veins and all the open ground nearby. In 1897, Walsh opened the Camp Bird Mine, adding a twenty-stamp mill in 1898, and a forty-stamp mill in 1899. The mine produced almost 200,000 ounces of gold by 1902, when Walsh sold out to Camp Bird, Ltd. By 1916, Camp Bird, Ltd., had produced over one million ounces of gold
Uploaded
October 31st, 2022
Embed
Share
Similar Images
Comments (4)
Recently Viewed
