Colowyo Coal Camp Traditional Cache
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Very Easy Cache Just Off The Highway
Small black container
This cache is located at the former entrance to the Colowyo coal
camp. Colowyo Coal was started way back in the early 1900's. It was
a premier mine for many years. It supplied coal to a growing empire
in Moffat County and the northwest corner of Colorado. The camp and
coal processing facilities were located up the canyon to your west.
In 1974 the mine was bought out by W.R. Grace who proceeded to
change it from an underground mine to a strip mine. Part of the
overburden they stripped was dumped in the canyon erasing almost 70
years of history. My father spent 27 years working at the
underground mine. I spent one year of my childhood living in the
coal camp. This was also my first real job after I graduated high
school. By that time it was only making custom or house coal. I
spent 2 winters working here before it closed in 1974.
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