Doug Hayes
Boulder, Colorado
- The minimum size of a powder house is dictated by its purpose, but this one above Georgetown, Colorado proves that there is no lower limit for the amount of effort to be expended during construction. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Snow Mesa, which is on the southern edge of the La Garita Wilderness, near Lake City, Colorado, is entirely above 12,000 feet. #colorado #scenery #photography
- This strange building, which is near Rollinsville, Colorado, was built over a mine shaft, and needed the pointed roof to enclose the hoist. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- These interesting rock outcroppings southwest of Lake City, Colorado practically demand to be explored more closely, but due to the steepness of the slope and their nearly 13,000 foot elevation, just standing and staring is preferable. #colorado #scenery #photography
- I didn't realize it at the time, but the monument that was erected by the town of Silver Plume, Colorado to honor a violin playing miner who took his own life, is visible on top of the large rock in the background of this photo. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- On several occasions during a hike near treeline, west of Rollinsville, Colorado, Kali seemed to be aware of something too subtle for me to pick up. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #scenery #photography
- I found this Horned Lizard, which is the size of a thumb, eating ants in an arroyo northeast of Greeley, Colorado. #colorado #reptiles #photography
- Outhouses, like this one above Montezuma, Colorado, which owes its continued existence to the tree that is holding it up, might not be the most interesting of buildings, but they do provide an easily understood connection with the past. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- When this mine near Breckenridge, Colorado was in operation, ropes or ladders were probably used to get up to the cable car terminal at the tunnel, but I had to work my way up through a series of crevices further along the cliff. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- This mine, with its well preserved headframe and hoist house, was in an isolated area south of Black Hawk, Colorado when I took the picture, but there is now a highway next to it. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Looking south towards the Three Apostles in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, near Buena Visa, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
- When I saw this mine southwest of Silver Plume, Colorado in satellite images, I thought it would be hard to miss, but I walked right past it the first time I tried to find it, and stumbled upon it without realizing I was anywhere near it when I went back again. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Water dripping down from above has created ice columns that look like stalagmites in a mine tunnel near Magnolia, Colorado. #colorado #photography
- After climbing up one cliff and down another to explore an old ruin near Empire, Colorado, and knowing that we would have to do it all over again on the way back, Kali was understandably anxious to get going. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- The mountains around Black Hawk, Colorado are covered with crumbling buildings, few of which have lasted as long as these two, but the one in the foreground fell down recently, and it probably won't be long before the other one is pushed over by that tree. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- When I took this photo while on a hike near Nederland, Colorado, I thought it was just a weed with a nice flower, but I found out later that it was a Mariposa Lily. #colorado #flowers #photography
- It probably took more than just these two steam boilers to power all the ore processing machinery in this mill near Montezuma, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- It was a bit smokey and the grass was just starting to turn green north of Fort Collins, Colorado, but the landscape and flowering cactus still provided plenty of bright colors. #colorado #scenery #photography
- By incorporating work and living space into the entrance of this tunnel above Georgetown, Colorado, the miners who built it probably saved a lot of time and effort, but separate buildings are far more common. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- These two cool kids were part of a large herd of mountain goats that I unexpectedly encountered at just over 12,000 feet on Teller Mountain, south of Montezuma, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #wildlife #photography
- Even though they are all over the place, I'm always excited to find another steam engine, but this one near Alma, Colorado was particularly interesting because it still had the really long chimney that was needed to create a good draft through the firebox. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- These Boulder Raspberry flowers, that I found growing in a thicket of willows west of Denver, Colorado, are in the rose family. #colorado #flowers #photography
- These items were most likely collected from the surrounding area by visitors, but the fact that there is anything left at all at this long abandoned homestead, is due entirely to its remote location southeast of Estes Park, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #artifacts #photography
- West of Boulder, Colorado, the crevices and depressions around Lake Dorothy are often filled with snow well into the summer, and sometimes throughout the year. #colorado #scenery #photography
- Old mine structures, like this one north of Creede, Colorado, are an interesting addition to the landscape. #colorado #ruins #history #scenery #photography
- Unlike the shaft house, which is in the foreground and almost looks like it exploded, the two other buildings at this mine near Central City, Colorado seem to have handled a hundred years of neglect pretty well. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #ruins #photography
- Southwest of Denver, Colorado, the once towering rock outcroppings in Roxborough Park start to blend into the landscape to the south. #colorado #scenery #photography
- This stamp mill near Rollinsville, Colorado must have been horrifying to see in operation, with its steam engine billowing black smoke and steam, pistons hissing and clanking, drive belts flapping, and cams clattering, all to lift hammers that turn rocks into powder. #colorado #ruins #photography
- While the clouds may have obscured an otherwise breathtaking view, being surrounded by them made the climb to the top of 13,132 foot Mount Flora, which is south of Winter Park, Colorado, a far more interesting experience. #colorado #scenery #photography
- The remains of wooden rails extending down the mountainside always get my attention, because tramways are not that common, but this tram cart near Montezuma, Colorado is the only one I've ever seen. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
- East of Fort Collins, Colorado, the clay bases of the Pawnee Buttes are protected from erosion by sandstone caps. #colorado #scenery #photography
- The highest of these two buildings is part of a cable car system that was used to transport ore off the side of a cliff south of Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- This pika lives in the rocks at about eleven thousand feet on the northern slope of Hermosa Peak, near Rico, Colorado. #colorado #wildlife #photography
- Whoever parked this old road grader in a small clearing northwest of Lyons, Colorado probably wasn't thinking about future forest fires, but it turned out to be a good spot, because the wooden drivers platform didn't even get scorched. #colorado #artifacts #history #photography
- Gnarled and stunted trees at treeline in a secluded valley southeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
- The wooden drum, steel cable, pistons, and plumbing necessary for this steam hoist to operate have long since vanished, but the iron components will probably still be rusting away high above Idaho Springs, Colorado long after the bricks have turned to powder. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Kali poses next to her stinky prize for one last time after deciding that it was no longer worth the effort to drag it across the steep slopes above Georgetown, Colorado. #kali #kuvasz #dogs #colorado #wildlife #photography
- From a distance, the remaining slopes of Red Mountain hide the fact that the peak is long gone, and the hole created by an underground mine is slowly swallowing the surrounding terrain. #colorado #scenery #photography
- From a distance, all the brick and stone work made this mine near Central City, Colorado look pretty impressive, but as I got closer, everything except the headframe started to look like it had been assembled at random. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Pasque flowers start popping up out of the sand in the huge burned area near Buffalo Creek, Colorado long before the grass turns green. #colorado #flowers #photography
- I found this cabin while looking at satellite imagery of the area around Ward, Colorado, and decided to check it out on a rainy day just to make things more interesting, but the best part of the whole hike turned out to be the flowers. #colorado #ruins #scenery #flowers #history #photography
- Near Coney Creek in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, west of Boulder, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
- It's hard to tell if this outhouse at a mine near Georgetown, Colorado is sinking into its own hole or just rotting into the ground, but it has a nice sheet metal roof, so unless it falls over it will probably just keep getting shorter over time. #colorado #ruins #history #photography
- Aspen trees in late fall on Kenosha Pass, northeast of Fairplay, Colorado. #colorado #scenery #photography
