The Bassick Mine of Colorado Ghost Town-Querida

Description: The Abandoned Bassick Mine of Querida Colorado.

The Bassick Mine of Colorado Ghost Town Querida

Edmund Chase Bassick was a global traveler who struck it rich by moving to Rosita, Colorado. After a good turn in the mineral industry, Bassick founded Bassickville, which would become the future ghost town, Querida.

Any passer by would assume the chimney structure in the upper left of this picture is the one described on the plaque, however...

An outstanding feature is the subterranean chimney not visible from the surface. 

Notice the variety of colors in the soil piled from the mining activity in the 1870's.

How many tons of ore did these haul down the mountainside? According to the plaque dedicated June 22nd 2019, 2.5 million dollars worth. Carrying the weight of an 1800's boomtown that would become a historic ghost town - Querida, Colorado. 

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