Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom

Part of our heritage lies with the hardy people of the rugged gold and silver era, the mines where they worked and the towns where they lived. Colorado Mining C

Images from the archives of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I).

Vividly portrays the daily lives of several women and how they battled extreme weather conditions, isolation that could drive a person mad, disease that often t