Through the trees I could see miners' test holes that they dug looking for gold.
Passing between the trees.
The curve in a cut.
Echo Valley, where we stopped and the engineer blew the whistle so we could hear it echo off the valley walls.
Through another rock cut.
The El Paso Mine.
Looking down Echo Valley.
A mine down in the valley.
Our train passed through more curves.
The mining district of Anaconda came into view through the trees.
Looking back.
A curve through the trees.
A curve through a cut with a tree standing by.
The train has reached Anaconda where they is a wye and we stopped and our engineer explained about the mining and history of this area.
The lone building that remains from Anaconda after the fire that wiped out the rest of town.
Mines across the valley.
The speeder went all the way to near the end of track to clear out of our way.
The top of the ridge is the modern Cripple Creek and Victor Mining Company which produces large amounts of gold.
A chute to carry the water out of the mines.
More mines.
The speeder waiting for us to leave.
Such a great view of Anaconda. The train then started trip back to Cripple Creek reversing the whole way.
The two foot gauge tracks on a standard gauge road bed.
This tunnel was a vein of gold that they completely extracted.
A mine behind the aspen trees.
Looking down the tracks.
The mines on the hill.
Close up of the mines near Poverty Gulch.
Our train rounded a curve.
Scenes around Cripple Creek.
Coming through a cut.
Scenes of the old Midland Terminal wye and views behind.
Cripple Creek.
A shaft mine with equipment.
The train reversed the rest of way to the the yard at Cripple Creek.
The train returned, where a rare mileage rider acquaintance of mine, Bob, was waiting for the next train. Adter a quick visit, I headed back to Colorado Springs but made a pair of stops along the way.
The Colorado Midland Railroad tunnel in which I was in once in a camper when my father drove through it on a visit to Cripple Creek in the 1970's.
The former Colorado Midland Railroad station in Divide built in 1904. I drove back to Colorado Springs and went to Arby's for dinner before returning to Motel 6 for the night.
