. slides/View of Creede from the old Bachelor townsite.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 In 1889, prospector Nicholas Creede found an extensive vein of silver in the Willow Creek canyon, staked and named it the Holy Moses Mine and thus started the last great silver boom in the US. The town of Creede was developed out of several camps including Slingtown, Jimtown, Creedmoor and Amethyst that were formed by the swells of prospectors and miners that flocked to the area by the thousands. In 1889, prospector Nicholas Creede found an extensive vein of silver in the Willow Creek canyon, staked and named it the Holy Moses Mine and thus started the last great silver boom in the US. The town of Creede was developed out of several camps including Slingtown, Jimtown, Creedmoor and Amethyst that were formed by the swells of prospectors and miners that flocked to the area by the thousands. slides/View of Creede from the old Bachelor townsite.JPG slides/Entrance to museum.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 The Underground Mining Museum comprises a series of rooms and tunnels blasted into the cliff face of Willow Creek Canyon. The Underground Mining Museum comprises a series of rooms and tunnels blasted into the cliff face of Willow Creek Canyon. slides/Entrance to museum.JPG slides/Scene 1.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 Single jack drilling Single jack drilling slides/Scene 1.JPG slides/Scene 2.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 Double jack drilling Double jack drilling slides/Scene 2.JPG slides/Scene 3.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 3.JPG slides/Scene 4 Blacksmith Room.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 4 Blacksmith Room.JPG slides/Scene 5.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 5.JPG slides/Scene 6.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 6.JPG slides/Scene 7.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 7.JPG slides/Scene 8 Blasting Pattern.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 8 Blasting Pattern.JPG slides/Scene 9.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 9.JPG slides/Scene 10.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 10.JPG slides/Scene 11 Potty Car from Lead, SD.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 11 Potty Car from Lead, SD.JPG slides/Scene 12 Powder Magazine.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 12 Powder Magazine.JPG slides/Scene 13 Stulls Supporting Foot and Hanging Walls.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 13 Stulls Supporting Foot and Hanging Walls.JPG slides/Scene 14.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 Check out the neat mine rail cycle in the foreground and the prill container on the far left for compressed air filling drill holes with ammonium nitrate. Check out the neat mine rail cycle in the foreground and the prill container on the far left for compressed air filling drill holes with ammonium nitrate. slides/Scene 14.JPG slides/Scene 15.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 15.JPG slides/Scene 16 Assay Room.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 16 Assay Room.JPG slides/Scene 17 Note stick from Al Winters.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Scene 17 Note stick from Al Winters.JPG slides/Outside Creede to the west.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/Outside Creede to the west.JPG slides/North Clear Creek Falls most photographed waterfall in Colorado.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 slides/North Clear Creek Falls most photographed waterfall in Colorado.JPG slides/View of the Commodore Mine.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 In April 1891, the Commodore claim was staked by John C. Mackenzie. The mine consists of 5 levels with almost 200 miles of tunnels and underground workings lying within the mine. The photo shows portals and support buildings to the left of the ore house and chutes. The Commodore is the southern most mine lying on the Amethyst Vein and was last mined in 1976, a span of nearly 85 years of production. In April 1891, the Commodore claim was staked by John C. Mackenzie. The mine consists of 5 levels with almost 200 miles of tunnels and underground workings lying within the mine. The photo shows portals and support buildings to the left of the ore house and chutes. The Commodore is the southern most mine lying on the Amethyst Vein and was last mined in 1976, a span of nearly 85 years of production. slides/View of the Commodore Mine.JPG slides/View of Amethyst Mine on right and Last Chance Mine above left.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 These two mines were the richest silver producing mines of the Creede District during the 1890's. The lower buildings on the right are the ore house and main support buildings of the 5th level of the Amethyst Mine. The Amethyst workings consisted of 12 levels. Silver float material in boulders weighing up to a ton and vein outcrops assaying as much as 1500 ounces of silver per ton were found at the original discovery site. Aesthetic amethystine quartz bearing ore gave the Amethyst its name. Uphill across West Willow Creek to the left are several buildings of the Last Chance Mine. The Last Chance was developed by a 1400-foot incline shaft with 13 levels. Silver ore on the Chance 6 level was more than 100 feet wide. These two mines were the richest silver producing mines of the Creede District during the 1890's. The lower buildings on the right are the ore house and main support buildings of the 5th level of the Amethyst Mine. The Amethyst workings consisted of 12 levels. Silver float material in boulders weighing up to a ton and vein outcrops assaying as much as 1500 ounces of silver per ton were found at the original discovery site. Aesthetic amethystine quartz bearing ore gave the Amethyst its name. Uphill across West Willow Creek to the left are several buildings of the Last Chance Mine. The Last Chance was developed by a 1400-foot incline shaft with 13 levels. Silver ore on the Chance 6 level was more than 100 feet wide. slides/View of Amethyst Mine on right and Last Chance Mine above left.JPG slides/Two fourteeners Uncompahgre in center and Wetterhorn to the left.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:20:41 -0600 JAlbum 8.0 View of snowy Uncompahgre Peak 14,309 ft in the center and Wetterhorn Peak 14,015 ft (the 2nd peak left of Uncompahgre) taken from a vantage point near Slumgullion Pass 11,530 ft high above and east of Lake City traveling north from Creede on highway 149. View of snowy Uncompahgre Peak 14,309 ft in the center and Wetterhorn Peak 14,015 ft (the 2nd peak left of Uncompahgre) taken from a vantage point near Slumgullion Pass 11,530 ft high above and east of Lake City traveling north from Creede on highway 149. slides/Two fourteeners Uncompahgre in center and Wetterhorn to the left.JPG