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TINCUP, COLORADO! A Ghost Town In Eastern Gunnison County, Colorado - June 16, 2006
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I just had to get out this morning and I drove over Cottonwood Pass to Taylor Lake, before turning back east into a scarcely populated valley in east Gunnison County that is home of Tincup, Colorado. |
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Tincup was once a historic mining town turned ghost town that has kept much of it's charm, much like St.
Elmo on the other side of the Continental Divide and Tincup Pass. |
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There is a historic building that is also the meeting place for
Tincup's town government and other community events. |
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Here are a few photos of restored and preserved historic buildings in Tincup. It is a really pretty place! In the bottom photo, I was looking south outside of town. That dirt road leads to Cumberland Pass three miles up.
Here are my other pages from this area:
Cottonwood Pass (September 2003)
Cottonwood Pass (October 2005)
Bike Ride Up Cottonwood Pass (May 2006)
Taylor Park Reservoir
Blue Mesa Reservoir (Near Gunnison)
St. Elmo
Monarch Pass (Bike)
Monarch Pass (Web Cam) |
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Get this! I walked around the small town and spotted the mayor's mailbox and home.
Mayor Miller lives here! Folks, what do you think? Should I move to Tincup and run for mayor? I betcha there can't be more than 40 people who live in that town! Maybe I could get elected mayor! :p) |
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If you walk around areas that had mining camps, you may come across
old and rusted tin containers such as these. The top right photo is an old ore car, and the others
appear to be various containers. According to what I have read, litter was buried in the ground but
over the years the rain brings the tin litter to the surface of the ground.
The item in the bottom right photo looks like a container of sardines in my opinion! ;) |
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There are no services in Tincup, and regrettably, this cafe with
a children's fishing pond was closed. :( |
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Oh boy ... all I will say is, I was really tempted
to either hike or drive in there. Perhaps another time! I did attempt (unsuccessfully) to hike from St. Elmo to Tincup Pass in April, but there was still way too much snow up there. |
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