Telluride Mountain
by Ginger Wakem
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Telluride Mountain
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Ginger Wakem
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The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado.[3] The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. The first gold mining claim was made in the mountains above Telluride in 1875 and early settlement of what is now Telluride followed. The town itself was founded in 1878 as "Columbia", but due to confusion with a California town of the same name, was renamed Telluride in 1887, for the gold telluride minerals found in other parts of Colorado. These telluride minerals were never located near Telluride, causing the town to be named for a mineral which was never mined there. However, the area's mines for some years provided zinc, lead, copper, silver, and other gold ores.
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Hanne Lore Koehler
What amazing colors in this spectacular mountain capture, Ginger! Makes me wonder where you were standing and how in the world you got there! L/F
Ginger Wakem replied:
Thanks Hanne! Standing on the highway going into Telluride. The sky was ominous and the mountains were spectacular!
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