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Chile John Pritchard

May 20, 2000 07:12AM

Don't hold your breath over the mines being a savior of the Creede branch. First of all, even in their heyday the mines never produced large tonnages. They were by and large lode deposits, which usually means veins. What made them valuable was the precious metal content. But they did not ship large tonnages.
What the railroads do carry quite a bit of, though, are things like coal, potash, perlite, and things of that nature. But these are not present in the Creede area -- at least not yet. So the Creede branch would have to exist on tourists.

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eastern persepctive on Creede	Patch Town	May 17, 2000 09:31AM
Re: eastern persepctive on Creede	Jay Wimer	May 17, 2000 10:35AM
Re: eastern persepctive on Creede	Jim Burrill	May 17, 2000 12:38PM
My two cents	Grant Houston	May 17, 2000 04:38PM
Re: eastern persepctive on Creede	Bill Kepner	May 18, 2000 07:49AM
Short Trip Out of Chama	Scott Hightower	May 18, 2000 08:27AM
Re: Short Trip Out of Chama	Chile John Pritchard	May 18, 2000 09:54AM
Re: Short Trip Out of Chama	Earl	May 19, 2000 07:59PM
Re: Short Trip Out of Chama	little stan	May 20, 2000 06:51AM
Re: Short Trip Out of Chama	Chile John Pritchard	May 20, 2000 07:12AM
Re: Short Trip Out of Chama	Chile John Pritchard	May 20, 2000 07:15AM
The short trip clinker	El Coke	May 20, 2000 06:26PM
Re: The short trip clinker	Chris Whitmore	May 20, 2000 10:06PM
Short trips	John West	May 22, 2000 06:41PM
Re: Short trips	Mark Stoeckel	May 23, 2000 07:49AM

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