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Finding Gold in Colorado

Photos from Finding Gold in Colorado: Inspiring Images by Laura Hoeppner, a complement to Finding Gold in Colorado: Prospector's Edition by Kevin Singel. See the beauty of Colorado Gold Country
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  • Black-eyed Susan at Big Bend

    Black-eyed Susan at Big Bend

    "Big Bend" is the name that local gold prospectors have given to a stretch along the South Platte River in metro Denver. In the late summer it is lined with black-eyed Susans.

  • All Aboard at Denver's Union Station

    All Aboard at Denver's Union Station

    With gold prospecting came the railroad in the late 19th century. Today, Amtrak and light rail trains bring commuters and visitors to the heart of downtown Denver.

  • Water carrying gold downhill

    Water carrying gold downhill

    For a gold prospector, Colorado's creeks are a potential conduit for gold. For a photographer, our creeks are an opportunity for a long-exposure shot that makes the water look like milky strands between the boulders.

  • Boulder Open Space

    Boulder Open Space

    While it's not legal to pan for gold on Boulder Open Space, there are lots of trails for hiking and wildflowers to be photographed.

  • South Boulder Creek flowing east from Rollinsville

    South Boulder Creek flowing east from Rollinsville

    South Boulder Creek flows through Rollinsville and doesn't join the Boulder Creek until both are in the flat farmland east of Boulder.

  • Sunset on South Boulder Creek

    Sunset on South Boulder Creek

    Just upstream from Rollinsville the South Boulder Creek flows through a quiet valley.

  • Cabin in the woods

    Cabin in the woods

    Winter provides a quiet time to enjoy the forest and the mountains.

  • Coyote in winter

    Coyote in winter

    Who's watching whom?

  • Rafters on Clear Creek

    Rafters on Clear Creek

    The Charlie Tayler Water Wheel along Clear Creek in Idaho Springs. When the water is running high enough, panners and anglers are joined on the creek by kayakers and rafters.

  • Wildflowers on Boreas Pass

    Wildflowers on Boreas Pass

    View from Boreas Pass above Breckenridge.

  • Autumn on Boreas Pass

    Autumn on Boreas Pass

    Boreas Pass is popular during the fall.

  • Reiling Dredge

    Reiling Dredge

    The Reiling Dredge floats quietly in its last pond.

  • Fall colors in French Gulch.

    Fall colors in French Gulch.

    Tailings piles echo the fall colors along French Gulch.

  • View from the Wirepatch

    View from the Wirepatch

    There's more to Breckenridge than a ski resort and cute boutiques. Climb uphill to the famous Wirepatch Mine for views back to the ski runs.

  • Blue River Reflections

    Blue River Reflections

    Reflections on panning the Blue River.

  • Mayflower Gulch wildflowers

    Mayflower Gulch wildflowers

    The wildflowers in July and August turn Mayflower Gulch into a vibrant floral wonderland.

  • Window on Mayflower Gulch

    Window on Mayflower Gulch

    The windows of decaying cabins frame mountains and meadows, offering a different view with each season.

  • Miner's Cabin in Wintry Mayflower Gulch

    Miner's Cabin in Wintry Mayflower Gulch

    Crumbling cabins still make it through winter after winter.

  • Pennsylvania Mill

    Pennsylvania Mill

    The Pennsylvania Mill collapses in on itself a little more every winter. Peru Creek, Summit County.

  • Pennsylvania Mine Ore House

    Pennsylvania Mine Ore House

    Pennsylvania Mine Ore House at the upper portal. P

  • Peru Creek

    Peru Creek

    Peru Creek runs white with natural minerals near Gray's Peak.

  • Wildflowers along Ptarmigan Trail in Summit County.

    Wildflowers along Ptarmigan Trail in Summit County.

    There are many varieties of wild sunflowers in the Colorado Rockies.

  • Remnants of mining in the mountains

    Remnants of mining in the mountains

    Abandoned equipment at North London Mill, contrasting the rusting metal with the shining mountains and vibrant wildflowers. Mosquito Gulch

  • Beaver Ponds in Mosquito Gulch

    Beaver Ponds in Mosquito Gulch

    A stream flows from the beaver ponds in Mosquito Gulch.

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