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| View Original: | Cabin in Crystal, Colorado, a virtual ghost town in a valley on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, on a precipitous, a four-wheel-drive-only road between Marble and Crested Butte LCCN2015633740.tif.tiff (8688x5792) | |||
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| Keywords: Cabin in Crystal, Colorado, a virtual ghost town in a valley on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, on a precipitous, a four-wheel-drive-only road between Marble and Crested Butte LCCN2015633740.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Many buildings still stand in Crystal but its handful of residents live there only in the summer Crystal was incorporated in 1881 but mined as early as the 1860s At its peak Crystal had more than 400 residents in town and the surrounding mining claims two newspapers a pool hall a men's club a barber shop and two hotels By 1915 only eight people lived there after the silver lead copper iron and zinc mines played out Tourists and photographers often take Jeep tours up to Crystal from Marble just to see the quaint Crystal Mill which is actually an early crude compressor site that used the rushing Crystal River to power various mining machinery in the high valley 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633740 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33700/33724a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33724 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33724 39 3 5625 0 N 107 6 1407 0 W alt 2734 2_source exif_heading 24 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Cabins in Colorado Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Crystal Colorado | ||||