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James Parfrey

June 01, 2020 12:58AM

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Quoted from Cinders and Smoke by Doris Osterwald:

MP 468.15 - Location of the former Bell Spur
Rockwood Quarry, on the slope to the west of the track, was owned and operated by John F. Bell. The Leadville Limestone was quarried for use as a flux in the Durango smelter. The Leadville is about 100 feet thick here but thins rapidly southward. A cave at the level of the quarry floor served as a powder house when the quarry was active...

-James

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Bells Spur at Shalona	Olaf Rasmussen	May 31, 2020 09:21PM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	cdaspit	May 31, 2020 09:41PM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Earl	May 31, 2020 09:43PM
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Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Earl	June 01, 2020 12:16AM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Olaf Rasmussen	June 03, 2020 03:18PM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	John West	June 03, 2020 06:38PM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	James Parfrey	June 01, 2020 12:58AM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Joe Weigman	June 03, 2020 11:43AM
Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Chris Webster	June 03, 2020 06:51PM
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Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Jerry474	June 03, 2020 08:28PM
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Re: Bells Spur at Shalona	Olaf Rasmussen	June 03, 2020 11:01PM
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