A little over a century ago the red mountain mining district in the san juan mountains of southwestern colorado was the scene of a silver rush with an output of precious metals second in colorado only to that of leadville in a period of less than twenty five years more than thirty million dollars in silver lead zinc copper and gold were taken from the rich deposits in the mines along red mountain divide an amount roughly equivalent to a quarter billion of todays dollars the . Mountains of silver life in colorados red mountain mining district a little over a century ago the red mountain mining district in the san juan mountains of southwestern colorado was the scene of a silver rush with an output of precious metals second in colorado only to that of leadville. Mountains of silver the story of colorados red mountain mining district smith p david isbn 9780871088536 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Mountains of silver life in colorados red mountain mining district book book details isbn 1890437360 title mountains of silver life in colorados red mountain mining district author smith p david publisher western reflections publishing co publication date 2000 buy this book 1895 plus shipping dollar2214 free shipping worldwide by purchasing books through this . Mountains of silver life in colorados red mountain mining district by a little over a century ago the red mountain mining district in the san juan mountains of southwestern colorado was the scene of a silver rush with a resulting output of precious metals in colorado second only to that of leadville in a period of less than twenty five years more than thirty million dollars in silver