Colorado Fall Colors - Stored Firewood timberlinetrails.net
Photo by David French
Residence in Silverton
prepare for the up and
coming winter season by
making sure that they have
plenty of firewood stored
up. Some of the homes are
very old and have not
changed much since the
glory days. Silver ruled
between 1882 and 1893
and miners flooded into the
region, hoping to strike it
rich. Wooden structures as
shown to the right popped
up all over town and the
surrounding mountainsides.
Before long, as the town
and the mines prospered,
many of these structures
were replaced by more
permanent buildings.
But In 1893, the United
States chose not to use
silver any longer as the
basis for its currency,
resulting in the “Silver
Panic.” The value of silver
plummeted, sounding a
death knell to old-time
subsistence mining.
Photo taken with Nikon
D200 and 70-200mm F2.8
Zoom Set at F5.6 1/256
Sec.
prepare for the up and
coming winter season by
making sure that they have
plenty of firewood stored
up. Some of the homes are
very old and have not
changed much since the
glory days. Silver ruled
between 1882 and 1893
and miners flooded into the
region, hoping to strike it
rich. Wooden structures as
shown to the right popped
up all over town and the
surrounding mountainsides.
Before long, as the town
and the mines prospered,
many of these structures
were replaced by more
permanent buildings.
But In 1893, the United
States chose not to use
silver any longer as the
basis for its currency,
resulting in the “Silver
Panic.” The value of silver
plummeted, sounding a
death knell to old-time
subsistence mining.
Photo taken with Nikon
D200 and 70-200mm F2.8
Zoom Set at F5.6 1/256
Sec.
