18th May, 2009. Idaho Springs Up and back up to Georgetown this morning, Georgetown is a Ski resort and an old mining town. We wandered the streets and took in the history of the pace, it is one of the only old surviving gold towns, most were burnt down, many old buildings dating back to the early 1800's. Then off to tour a Silver mine - great experience. Only the two of us on the tour, the owner takes you back into the mountain about 500ft, through the tunnels. This mine was closed down, but there is still plenty of Silver (which is worth about $14 an ounce), lead, gold etc still there. A geologist has stated that only about 13 - 20% of the gold has been mined out of these hills so there is
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