Colorado Ghost Town Books/Maps
Oro City Colorado Townsite - Ghost town
Not much left in this area except foundations , holes in the ground, heaps of gravel and evidence that people lived here at one time. Almost impossible to visualize a camp of about 10,000 once worked the area. The average prospector was making about $19 a day at a time when gold was selling for $18 an ounce.
I have heard that the original Oro City became part of Leadville and Oro City moved 2 to 3 miles up California Gulch. These photos are of the Second Oro City.
Photos courtesy of Mike Sinnwell September 2005
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