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Rich Muth

November 13, 2012 12:47PM

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Yesterday my wife and I hiked at the Devil's Backbone Natural area. We stumbled upon the remains of what we later discovered was a gypsum mill. The mill was at a place named Wild, Colorado and it was in operation from the 1880s up until 1965.

There appears to have been a spur connecting the mill to the mainline in Loveland.

Also, we found out that the Plymouth NG "Peewee" at the CRRM came from that operation in 1965.

If anyone has information about the two operations I'd love to hear it.

Rich

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2012 01:36PM by Rich Muth.

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Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	Rich Muth	November 13, 2012 12:47PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	RDannemann	November 13, 2012 02:33PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	jalbers	November 13, 2012 03:16PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	Rich Muth	November 13, 2012 04:19PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	jalbers	November 14, 2012 12:10PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	carrwoodrr	November 14, 2012 01:15PM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	Rich Muth	November 14, 2012 01:49PM
Another NG line in the area	Rich Muth	November 14, 2012 07:23AM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	drgw0579	November 14, 2012 07:42AM
Re: Gypsum mining west of Loveland, Colorado	Rich Muth	November 14, 2012 08:23AM

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