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 |
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Vulcan Mine Gold Ore |
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Investor Letter dated 1896 |
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| Building and Car |
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One Standing, One Collapsed |
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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.