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Animas Forks is located at 11,200 feet above sea level high in the hills of the San Juan Mountains along the Alpine Loop. It usually takes a 4-wheel-drive vehicle to conquer the unimproved roads to the ghost town. The mountain ghost town comes with a wealth of history. It was established as a mining town in the 1870s, prospered in the 1880s with more than 450 summer residents, and was abandoned by the 1920s.

Prospectors discovered gold and silver at Animas Forks in 1873. Colorado logistics magnate Otto Mears built a wagon road to this mining destination in 1875. Mears’ road ushered in all kinds of men seeking the mountain’s precious metals. Business and mining boomed until a fire in the hotel kitchen destroyed 14 buildings in October of 1891. Even though the town was rebuilt, it never fully recovered. The silver market crashed in 1893, and that drove even more folks out of town.

The town's silver mines near saw several ups and downs for the next few years. Mears extended the Silverton Northern Railroad to Animas Forks in 1904 and the city’s Prince Gold mill was built the same year. However, it only lasted until 1917 when the equipment was moved to Eureka. A faithful few men worked the gold and silver mines nearby until the 1920s, but falling metal prices drove the remaining miners away by the 1920s

Reflections by Phil Hill

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Reflections by Brian Larsen

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Reflection by roberto almendral

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reflections by Tii Na

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reflections by Mauro Costantino

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Reflections .... by Paula Lauri

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Reflections at night (2) by Koku85

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University of British Colombia

reflection by Linh Hoang

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Ranheim, Trondheim, Norway

reflection 3 by ingrid_b21

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a small derelict cottage that has been torn down, the left hand side is the reflection in the window, the right part is looking through to the landscape on the other side. This was one of my favourite places to photograph, sad that it's gone but glad I went there loads. Kodak portra developed in tetenal C41

Red Squirrel Reflection by Alastair Marsh

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A red squirrel pauses for a moment by a small pool of water. Fortunately most of the ice had melted in the afternoon sun so the reflection came out.

Bridge reflection by Kari Tanskanen

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Reflection of the bridge over the Rhine river between Diessenhofen (Switzerland) and Gailingen am Hochrhein (Germany). Seen from the German side of the river.

Reflections by Carlos Costa

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Reflection by Rashadul Hoque

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Reflection in Hullett by Conrad Kuiper

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Early morning in the Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area near Clinton, Ontario. Tundra swans are in the background.

Crystal tips! 190914 DPP_0027 by clavius2 Offline for a while.

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Reflection filled dewdrops covering the tips of this plant,

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Reflection by Gail K Piland