Colorado Spirit Quest #406 - Vulcan Cemetery

Colorado Spirit Quest Series

Vulcan Cemetery

Micro located near the cemetery. Cemetery is on private property on the ridge north of Vulcan.
Bring your own pen. Do NOT disturb or deface any graves or ruins.

Please make sure container is closed securely and re-hidden as well or better than you found it. Maintaining the difficulty rating depends on you.

History:

In 1894, Camp Creek was established near Vulcan Hill, the crater of an extinct ancient volcano named for the Roman god of fire. In 1895, the Vulcan and Mammoth Chimney mines began when prospectors found gold. The Vulcan Mine was by far the most productive mine and had 200 miners working during its boom. Miners called Mammoth Chimney, which had a natural 400 foot deep chimney that descended vertically, the "deepest underground lunatic asylum". In the early 1900s, sulphur and copper were mined.

In 1897, the town was renamed Vulcan. Vulcan had a newspaper named the Vulcan Enterprize, a school, and post office, which was robbed in May 1899. Later in 1899, union members locked up other miners, the superintendent and bookkeeper in a bunkhouse. One man was shot in the wrist and in the lung. The bookkeeper was severely beaten. The non-union men were then marched at gunpoint through 12 miles of heavy snow to Iola. From 1900 to 1902, the Vulcan Times newspaper was published by Robert and Rufus Crosby.

Today, Vulcan is on private property. Several buildings and cabins remain and can be seen from the road. The Vulcan Cemetery is on the ridge north of the town and records show that burials include Edwin Clark in 1920.

Information primarily taken from "Colorado Ghost Towns Past and Present" by Robert L. Brown (1972).

Vulcan dated 1895-1900 by Williamson-Haffner		Vulcan Mine Gold Ore

Vulcan 2011		Investor Letter dated 1896

Mine Remnants		Mine Remnants

Building and Car		One Standing, One Collapsed

Building		Building

Please take some time to reflect back on the lives of these pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state!! The only guarantee in life is death. Where will you be?

Colorado Spirit Quest Information:

The Colorado Spirit Quest (CSQ) is a series of caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have "walked" before us. There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado. This series will provide a history tour of these cemeteries. If you are apprehensive about cemeteries, avoid this series.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches. Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

New volunteers are always Welcome!! If you are interested in being a part of this project, email the owner of Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Golden Mountain Passage.

Thanks to the current volunteers: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v, Dynamite Rabbit, DustyKat, mtnbirders, RustyBeerCan & Marma, grymreaper, nteclpr, Moose1 & Mama Moose, Joe Friday, 3cacheteers, 3cacheteers, Dasha Aussies, KB0UMW, hiking_fool, tripping, res71cue and 1Mrs1Ogre, and nickgatt, kingbee, The misgnoners, rbradu, shashyaz&foxy, Bugranger Lyonden ut., Any Direction, Sewnssew, and The Meandering Monkeys.