San Juan and Uncompahgre

8 backcountry hikes and adventures in the San Juan Mountains and Uncompahgre Plateau of Southwestern Colorado.

Buffalo Boy Mine

The Buffalo Boy was a small gold and silver mine which started production around 1930. The mine is caved but ...
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Cutthroat Castle

The Cutthroat Castle pueblo was built around the same time as the other Hovenweep Puebloan ruins. Although the pueblo itself looks small, ...
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Hand Painted Pueblo

These are the remains of a small pueblo village site inside Hovenweep National Monument and surrounded by the Canyons of ...
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Mayflower Mill

The Mayflower Mill is one of the last fully intact mills in the Silverton, Colorado area. Also known as the ...
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San Juan Chief Mill

This scenic ruined mill site was built in the late 1890s and never saw ore from its namesake, the San ...
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Silver Lake and Iowa Mines

This was a really fun place to visit for me and one I’ve been trying to get to for some ...
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Sound Democrat Mill

The Sound Democrat Mill is an awesome find and one of the highlights of the San Juan Mountains. The mine ...
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Underground near Silverton

These are underground photos from a mine in the Silverton area that we explored. I actually didn’t have much underground ...
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Last Updated on January 29, 2021 by Guy Starbuck