GC6JWVY Traditional Cache Bear Creek Mill
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: telluridemuseum @ | Hide Date: 06/01/2016 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 54.752 W107° 48.539 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0

A moderate 2mi hike up Bear Creek to a long abandoned mill. Learn more about this mill and mining around Bear Creek.

Discover Telluride History! Tucked in the "Bear Creek Mill" cache are fun historic photos as well as the story behind mining and milling in this area.

These are the foundations of a mill constructed by the San Miguel Consolidated Gold Mining Company, or SMC, a mining venture funded by eastern investors. Wooed by the idea of the possibility of electricity, the SMC proposed to build a giant mill that could cheaply process enormous quantities of low-grade ore, materializing a magnificent profit out of previously worthless mining claims up Bear Creek. SMC's general manager, L.L. Nunn, was overly optimistic about the mill's potential. The massive 120 stamp mill was constructed in 1892 for $250,000, and operated until 1914. The mill never lived up to expectations.

Enjoy a beautiful, moderate 2mi hike up Bear Creek to this long abandoned mill.

This cache was created by the Telluride Historical Museum. We've hidden five historic caches throughout the area—be sure to find them all!

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7 Logs: Found it 7  

Found it 06/17/2019 By Tegantheexplorer
Nice find, but a long wet hike to get there.

Found it 06/02/2019 By Machined Parts
Found in good shape. Signed the log using the pin provided.
This area has been wiped out by avalanche. Crossing the debris field was a bit of a challenge, but it was worth it.

Found it 10/18/2018 By bertrandmarchal
What a hide! This was cool!its in a rusty pipe.

Found it 10/09/2018 By jmancoop
Awesome!

Found it 09/17/2018 By bigwheel
Visiting from Buffalo, New York and enjoying Colorado at it's finest!!!

Loved this one!!! Hike was amazing, colors were perfect and the cache was really interesting. Highly Recommended!!!!

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Found it 08/01/2018 By Oly21
Took a bit with jumpy GPS but eventually found it. Neat detour on a great hike. TFTC

Found it 07/23/2018 By Jace Cavness
Under some strip metal