Re: D&RGW Coal

Wonderful information! Thank you. I am looking forward to RGS Book XI . The Perins Peak Branch has always been a major interest to me being that I have been there dozens of times since 1971. The only book that I know of that has ever come out dedicated to Perins was in 1984 by Lilian A. McCormick. Very interesting, written in the style of Josie Moore Crum. I have also hiked the branch to the La Plata Mine, or at least what was left of it. I hope to read more about it someday.
If you could clarify something for me. You wrote: "The NML found its own coal mines south of Lumberton and it lasted for years beyond the abandonment of the RG&SW, 3 miles being there till 1929 and 1.33 miles remaining till the 1967 removal." Are you saying that the 1.33 miles of track were still in place up to 1967? I know where the RG&SW grade left Lumberton, maybe this explains why it is still so easy to spot.
Thanks again for all the great info.
Ray Loose
Durango, Colorado