Despite a thousand other things I should be doing, I can't resist reading Land Desk, and even following some links. I thought that Ouray silver mine had reopened a few years ago and closed, but maybe they just did some work on the workings. Anyway I found this gem in their description, "Infrastructure is excellent and there is access to local housing for miners in the surrounding communities." I'm sure the folks in Ridgway will be glad to hear that.
Fred: You are correct about the silver mine. I wrote a brief about it back in 2023, when yet another company was buying it and getting ready to reopen it. Here's my summary of its history:
Speaking of losing money in mining: The much-ballyhooed effort to revive the Revenue-Virginius silver mine in the San Juan Mountains near Ouray has collapsed rather dramatically. Liz Teitz, of the Ouray County Plaindealer, reports that Ouray Silver Mines is facing $10 million in lawsuits over unpaid bills. The company is in receivership and is seeking a buyer. Last year the company was trying to ramp up operations and promised to employ some 200 people; now it has a skeleton crew of eight. The mining claim was first staked in 1876 and grew to a large operation in the following decades, reportedly delivering profits to its owners into the 1920s. Star Mining purchased the mine in 2011 and began the modern process of bringing it back into production. The effort initially was plagued by accidents and a terrible safety record, which climaxed tragically in 2013 when two miners were killed and 20 injured by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Here is an interesting site I found on another blog - Project Salt Box.
It was set up to inform people about the DHS hunt/search for warehouses! They put the info out there & various places have managed to prevent the sale of warehouses by DHS.
Worth a look! Some sales have been stopped merely by people being aware of this.
Despite a thousand other things I should be doing, I can't resist reading Land Desk, and even following some links. I thought that Ouray silver mine had reopened a few years ago and closed, but maybe they just did some work on the workings. Anyway I found this gem in their description, "Infrastructure is excellent and there is access to local housing for miners in the surrounding communities." I'm sure the folks in Ridgway will be glad to hear that.
Fred: You are correct about the silver mine. I wrote a brief about it back in 2023, when yet another company was buying it and getting ready to reopen it. Here's my summary of its history:
Speaking of losing money in mining: The much-ballyhooed effort to revive the Revenue-Virginius silver mine in the San Juan Mountains near Ouray has collapsed rather dramatically. Liz Teitz, of the Ouray County Plaindealer, reports that Ouray Silver Mines is facing $10 million in lawsuits over unpaid bills. The company is in receivership and is seeking a buyer. Last year the company was trying to ramp up operations and promised to employ some 200 people; now it has a skeleton crew of eight. The mining claim was first staked in 1876 and grew to a large operation in the following decades, reportedly delivering profits to its owners into the 1920s. Star Mining purchased the mine in 2011 and began the modern process of bringing it back into production. The effort initially was plagued by accidents and a terrible safety record, which climaxed tragically in 2013 when two miners were killed and 20 injured by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Here is an interesting site I found on another blog - Project Salt Box.
It was set up to inform people about the DHS hunt/search for warehouses! They put the info out there & various places have managed to prevent the sale of warehouses by DHS.
Worth a look! Some sales have been stopped merely by people being aware of this.