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Alma Colorado Townsite - Ghost town
Some say the town was named after the daughter of a local shop owner. Apparently she was quite a looker. This was first silver mining territory. At least until the Sherman act was passed in 1893. In the late 1890s and early 1900s hydraulic mining, using high pressure water hoses, was active along the Middle fork of the South Platte river. They literally washed the gold out of the rocks. Tailings are evident everywhere. They have turned the old firehouse into a small museum.
Photos courtesy of Mike Sinnwell 2006
A viewer writes - Your Alma photo gallery is true. I've worked, lived in or owned four of the buildings shown and I'm not a ghost. Thanks for the love. Twenty one years here and I still love it.
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