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Telluride Miner Ghost Towns Reveal Wild West Boom
Telluride, founded 1878 in the San Juan Mountains, flourished on mines like Tomboy and Smuggler Union. Avalanches, labor battles, bank robberies by Butch Cassidy, and eventual mine closures marked a rugged era, leaving ghost mines and a surviving Idarado operation as Telluride reemerges as a ski boom town.
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Colorado
Telluride
San Juan Mountains
Liberty Bell
Tomboy
Alta
Hidden Treasure
Bullion
Pandora
Gold King
Cleveland
Smuggler-Union
Telluride Bank
Butch Cassidy
Alfred Collins
Union
Colorado National Guard
Buckeley Wells
Collins
Wells
Idarado