The Reiling Gold Dredge was built in 1908 to mine gold from Summit County for the French Gulch Dredging Co.Īs constructed, the dredge was a large barge-like boat, about 30 feet wide by 80 or 90 feet long with mining machinery on a floating substructure. chose to list the Reiling site, along with three others, to promote the dredge’s preservation as a rare remnant of Colorado’s mining history.Ĭharles said about 700 people attended the Saving Places Conference, including preservation professionals, developers, architects, interested residents and students, to discuss aspects of preservation from hands-on restoration techniques to grant writing. 5, at the 18th annual Saving Places Conference in Denver.įrom about 30 nominated sites, Colorado Preservation Inc. The site of the Reiling Gold Dredge, which mined millions of dollars in gold from French Gulch east of Breckenridge about 100 years ago, was named to Colorado’s 2015 Most Endangered Places list on Thursday, Feb. Now for the first time, Breckenridge and the county are officially home to an endangered place. Louis.įor years, Summit County has worked to protect endangered species like Canada lynx. The orchard brought national attention to the region when it was awarded a gold medal in 1904 at the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition in St. Gold Medal Orchard was one of the earliest planted orchards for commercial purposes in Montezuma County. The mines were largely responsible for the formation of Lake City and today survive along the Alpine Loop Backcountry Scenic and Historic Byway. The Ute and Ulay mines were at one time some of Colorado’s best-known silver and lead producers. The dredge was one of nine gold dredge boats that worked the Breckenridge area in the early 20th century.īuilt by the Denver based Woeber Carriage Company, the streetcar today is a rare example of a converted narrow gauge streetcar and was the last car to run on the Denver trolley line in 1950. The Reiling Gold Dredge is considered to be one of the most intact dredge sites in the United States. COLORADO’S MOST ENDANGERED PLACES OF 2015
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