While it’s important to celebrate our shared history, it’s vital to recognize that the environment surrounding these communities still bear the scars demonstrating its ungilded past.Ĭonsider the decaying and decrepit structures, dangerous tailing piles, and toxic pollution that impact our waterways. Mining operations helped build Colorado’s economy - and many of our towns’ names reflects this relationship: consider Leadville, Silver Cliff, Telluride, Eldora, or Goldfield.
Whether you think about it every day or once in a blue moon, mining significantly impacted Colorado’s past - and continues to influence the present and our future.
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