At the far end of the town, the opening in the rocks that you see below lead into a canyon cut by a stream. Caves were cut into the rock walls in the miners' hunt for silver ore. Today those caves house the community center and meeting rooms.
We walked through the narrow part of the canyon where the caves are found and it opened into more beautiful views.
After a short walk we came to evidence of mining and a mill to process the ore.
This is the small stream flowing through the canyon. To the left above the stream you can see the supporting structure for a rail line to bring the processed ore out of the canyon.
Here are more of the mining structures and what I think are called slag piles from all the rock brought our in the mining operation.
We had hiked up the canyon on a previous visit and it was good to see and appreciate these mountains and their history again.
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