GC7C3RH Gold Country #4 Apex
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Rohatx @ | Hide Date: 09/08/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 52.313 W105° 34.202 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
                 

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Series dedicated to Gold Country and the people who wrestled the earth to extract a life and perhaps a fortune from it. Sometimes they won, often times they lost.

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Once hailed as the "Capital" of the Pine Creek Mining District by an Idaho Springs newspaper in the 1890's, Apex was once a booming mining town with 100 businesses on its Main Street and close to 1,000 people called it home. Daily mail and several stage lines connected Apex with the rest of the world as area mines produced values up to $110,500 per ton! Two forest fires took their toll and destroyed most of the original town and only a few structures remain to tell the story.

The iconic false front building was once a hotel which is now listed in the Gilpin Historical Register as site #001 and is perhaps the most interesting structures remaining.

09/18/2017 By Bhob
I spent some time on Apex road today - this was the first of four geocaches that I found while there. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

09/09/2017 By BlueRajah
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