As an old miner. Thank for preserving an old mine

I am speaking from North Wales UK. Every time I watch these history channels in whatever State it is, there are always surnames I can find in any phone directory in the UK,including some which are very old in the UK, and that is before they emigrated to the States. I wish Creede all the best.

My paternal great granddad was a silver miner in New Mexico and Colorado. According to my grandmother, he was tough as nails, but a teddy bear with his grandkids. Much respect to an important part of the backbone of the country.

I remember Creede. My step dad took us there on a vacation. It was 1953. He had an uncle who still lived there. While there my brothers and I took a hike up to Bachler. All the buildings were down flat, we wandered through an old saloon and my next older brother found a dice under the edge of a board. It remained in our family untill 1994 when my mom died, I don't know where it got to. It aways reminded me of Creede. Thanks for all those old memories.

@ShogunateDaimyo

5 ай бұрын

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This documentary is what really made me fall in love with the mining history in Colorado. I always grew up coming out to Colorado in the summer but just recently started traveling the country out of my camper and I just can’t seem to drag myself away from Colorado and all it’s beautiful nature and rich history

I lived in Colorado Springs for years. Twice a year, when I wanted to get away from the city, I’d take a trip to Creede. However both trips would be in the winter, to avoid the tourists. 😂 I would always stay in the showshoe lodge, and by pure luck, I’d typically get the same room. You truly get a feel for the town in the dead of winter. The tourist shops are closed, and there isn’t a whole lot to do. And that was perfect for me. I miss that place.

While prospecting the area nearby, I ran into Jack, a few years after he acquired the Last Chance. Had a fascinating conversation, telling me about the history and his plans to reopen the mine for tours. The documentary doesn't mention how some of the silver ore from the Last Chance was among the highest grade ever found anywhere in North America.

I wish my local PBS would post history docs online like Rocky Mountain PBS does. You guys rock.

@mariannehelvey1092

3 жыл бұрын

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After watching this great documentary, I’ve decided to visit Creede someday.

One of the best American history short documentay I've seen yet.

I am a colorado resident and recently learned from some family stories that my family were some of the original settlers on Del Norte and Creede Colorado, which has led me to discover more about the history of these areas. Thanks for the video

This was so long ago, but when I went to Creede in the early 2010s with my family, the views were just pretty. The cabin we were in was right by the Rio and I can remember picking up a smooth black stone while I was wading near the shore. I gave that stone to my grandparents and they still have it to this day. I would like to go back there again sometime.

I DJ'd a prom in Creede a few decades back, the gym was one of the best decorated that I saw in a 5 state tour. Everybody had a blast, Thanx Creede!

Just love Creede. First visited in about '73 as an 8 yo kids, been back many times, and on up to Little Squaw, and through the mntns to Silverton. Even hiked a few 100 mile loops all around the San Juans. Only place that's come close to that beauty (for me) was up Machu Pichu, in Peruvian Andes,... and I have been up and down the Rockies, SN, Chile, Switzerland, France, and Austria ! That's how pretty that amazing place is - So glad it has been preserved for my grandkids (someday)

Thank you for making and sharing this video! Creede is now on my bucket list of places to visit on my next trip out West.

Love my beautiful colorful Colorado! The most beautiful state in the US.

I loved this video, such a Cool place, love the History

Simply amazing. Great documentary.

Creede is a beautiful place. It has become a true tourist area now with so much development. I lived and worked there from 1972 thru 1980. I loved it and missed it for many years. So many memories there!

I wish we had done this in southwestern PA where my grandfathers worked in the coal mines for 50 cents a ton. Not a single mine was preserved to honor the history of those miners.

@danielmota1095

4 жыл бұрын

In Chicago we a museum, were it gives the visitor a somewhat realistic experience of a coal mine. (very cool). We need a steel worker museum , worked over 30 yrs. in steel

@sop2510

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielmota1095 All of my uncles on my mother's side worked in the mills. We had three mills in town; two brothers worked at one; two at another; and my grandfather and one brother at another.

So glad I found this series. thank you.

Another good mini-documentary about the mining history of Colorado.

Spent 4 days camping there this past August. Enjoyed the area immensely. Drove our Jeep on the trails, toured the Last Chance Mine with Jack, stayed in a log cabin, waded in the headwaters of the Rio Grande. Great trip. Ouray has competition now as far as I'm concerned.

@ronaldrippen979

4 жыл бұрын

@@tommy2u The headwaters where the river starts is near Creede and flows through New Mexico and eventually ends in the Gulf of Mexico.

I have the 1988 “Trails Among the Columbine” ,which includes a section on the Denver and Rio Grande Creede Branch. This video filled in some gaps in my knowledge of Creeed. I am so grateful that you did this segment.

Loved this documentary,,Thankyou 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Excellent story, I will definitely visit “Creede” 2021 👍🚒 xx Jesse

Jack rocks! (no pun intended). I really hope to meet him and tour his mine someday. From Aurora with love, Creede is gorgeous with an amazing history.

Great segment. Thank you!

Fantastic video. Thank you so much.

Camped North of Creede near old Bachelor town site. Was amazing place!!! So pretty and natural. All the old preserved mine sites and the environmental work done is in amazing harmony!

Visited for a couple of days last September. Loved it.

A great film ,hope to visit later this year

Really enjoyed it! Thank you!!

This was a great video!! Meaning someday I want to get to creeds! Looks wonderful!! Thank you for a great video!

I agree the channel is EXCELLENT .😊

That was beautiful, thank you!

Fantastic little town with great mining history....the Bachelor loop is a revelation and offers great views of town towards the end at the Bulldog mine....trying to match up the town of Bachelor from a photo of what it used to look like with the field that is there now is really interesting!

Jack very cool of you

In the 70 's I met family members of the hustlecuss & a man named burger red a miner , special people ! Memories !

It's a fantastic town I recommend anybody that hasn't been there go up and see the place and do the bachelor loop and when you get to the town of bachelor there's one old cabin that's falling down there but you can see in the summer the lilies that are growing out of the ground that are descendants from the lilies that they had back in the 1800s and they still grow...!

Wonderful history you have on this video! Very well done. We have copper and iron mine tours here in Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Same history of hard work and determination.

@riverraisin1

4 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed the parallels between the UP mines and the mines out west? Even the history of labor disputes is the same. Well, everything except pasties :)

@celowski6296

4 жыл бұрын

Yep... wonderful history of America.

Jack is a good man.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED LIVING IN THIS TOWN OF CREEDE, COLORADO IN THE1800'S !!!!

@maryfieser5594

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing learning experience for all types of people.

I like the shirt about Homeland security ✌️

Our family has enjoyed Creede many times

This was a great documentary.

This is a well done program. Didn't know much about Creede except for a couple movie references.

Very interesting!

This guy won the lottery man that would be my dream.

Back in the early eighties a friend and I were looking to find some real good snow and back in the four corners region there was a ton of snow falling at Wolf Creek pass and all the other areas so we decided we would check out Wolf Creek which ended up being tons of snow but nothing of a mountain but after we found out our skiing experience was to be minimal we decided to do a tour again being middle of winter we stumble into a town called Creed and wow talk about a ghost town that really was a ghost town there was probably four people in the whole town at that time from what I could see the only thing that we were able to do I think was take a tour of the fire department which had not only a fire department in there but the darkest place one could find anywhere I don't know there was something about how dark it was I'm not sure anyway after a big blizzard blew through and we were camping in my van we woke up pretty Frozen and proceeded to drive to del Norte and we had two little holes scraped in the windshield through the ice and our guns on the dashboard cuz we were trying to practice shoot and we get pulled over by a cop who just looked at us and said you got to be kidding me and let us go I thought that was the coolest thing

Some of the best mine tours are in Colorado because they never closed them kept the 19th century equipment going preserved it so well.

I totally agree with you, that should be all cultures.Thanks for sharing.

Bravo Jack

can we talk about the slow-mo clips of the mining days

mining not done there yet. Silver will go back up someday.......... and the silver is still in the ground. 10,100,200 years from now..... the silver is still there and its fact, at some point somebody is going to go after it when the price is right.

@TheHeavyModd

3 жыл бұрын

And the price indeed seems to be right about now!

I never been there though I was an underground gold miner for 43 years in Timmins, Canada, I miss it except for the company politics, lol

Holy Moses, what a yarn.

I’m not from Colorado, but my horse is!

I have a cousin and his wife and children live in creede co his name was Tom p and I think he's still a hunting guide,hello from NC Tom and I sure do miss F crowe from suit.🙂

“It’s day all day in the daytime, And there is no night in Creede.”

I'm from New England, and was waiting eagerly for a map of Colorado, and a locator of Creed to orient myself (for a few minutes I thought the town was somewhere near Nederland!) Anyway, maps might help other geographiclly challenged folks like me. PS I thought this episode was wonderful!

@mousetreehouse6833

4 жыл бұрын

M ok- please forgive my bad spelling! 😀😁😀

@markmorris5880

3 жыл бұрын

It's down kinda in the southwest corner of the state, more south central .....

@nmelkhunter1

3 жыл бұрын

You can also type in Creede, CO in Google and it will bring up a map that also you to zoom in and out. This will help you locate it in Colorado.

@mousetreehouse6833

3 жыл бұрын

@@nmelkhunter1 & Mark Morris, I found it - thanks for the info!

The last time I was in Creede, Colorado, the entire town was taken over by a Satanist colony! It must have been about 1970 or so. It was a mountain treasure hunt and about 10 of us were looking for a buried $5 million in gold bricks that several French miners left behind and traveled south to buy supplies and food and never made it back to get their gold cache and somehow my brother got a hold of a treasure map with lots of riddles and symbols that pointed you to the secret location where the gold was buried in the ground. We never did find that gold, even though we dug up half of the mountainside it seemed. I wonder if the Satanist compound is still there in Creede 50 years later in 2022AD? If anyone commenting here knows, please let me know by a reply. I am now 85 but I will never forget that crazy adventure!

If I had a nickle for every bonanza discovery story that included hunting down a lost donkey, I'd be rich.

@carlcushmanhybels8159

4 жыл бұрын

So would the donkey.

nice to the mine

12:52 Were whiskey shots $1.00 back then? That seems very expensive as I can get one now for $3.00

@Veaseify

4 жыл бұрын

In gold rush/ mining boom towns it would be, there was a lot of money in those places. The normal price would be 25 cents or 'two bits' which is where the phrase came from.

My ex girlfriend died here on 6,/24/19... RIP Rachael... I will always miss you for real.

@303elliott

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss, and for Rachael's family.. Not to sound insensitive, but would you be willing to share a little bit more?

I live in France I am therefore French but it irritates me when I hear that the usa has no history "lol" whereas the history is very rich for us in 100 years it is to unroll the equivalent of 200/300 years in the USA compare to Europe. in short !!! the documentary is nice very nice really i like this channel i watch very often this channel. I have often noticed that in the old period photos of the farwest you very very rarely see revolvers on the belt like in the movies? I notice in relation to Hollywood film (although I know that in fact Hollywood has greatly degraded the facts of the farwest)

Great production... Just very difficult to watch with subtitles

@DianeHasHopeInChrist

4 жыл бұрын

You can turn off any caption, by clicking the 3 dots on the upper right corner, go to captions, and click on "turn off captions". Voile', no more subtitles. You can do this on any channel or video.

@kurchak

2 жыл бұрын

@@DianeHasHopeInChrist Well it depends on what platform you are using to watch it, but that method should work on most phones. If you are on a computer web browser you should see the "CC" button on the lower-right corner of the video where the other settings are.

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That guys homeland security t shirt is crazy and I'm pretty sure is a hate crime charge just horrible

@harrisonfunderburk8965

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a respectful shirt paying homage to the native that protected that land before government ruined it for them

They went to the Yukon

Howard ford the man who killed outlaw jesse james was also killed in creede colorado

@Jessestank

4 жыл бұрын

This is a cool little fact

@riverraisin1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jessestank That was covered extensively in the video

I really love the PBS system in the United States, the history of a state in one place from the Declaration of Independence to recent events, extremely well made documentaries and topics that to most viewers would be dry and uninteresting but hearing that history from the descendants of the original story and the local experts make it fresh, interesting and informative, however, one thing that I have noticed in all the documentaries that involve the indigenous peoples is that the acquisition of their lands, when and why, are well documented, but how those lands were obtained is very very rarely mentioned, and I wonder why that is???, obviously that subject can be a sticky issue to address given that most historians say that sometimes the land was purchased for a pittance or they were just taken, hence the Indian wars, I appreciate that some don’t want to address that issue, but history is not just about the good events but the bad as well, and by ignoring that history it distorts that history until it isn’t truly accurate. If my opinion has offended anyone all I can say is that it wasn’t my intention to offend, but to express my personal opinion. Thanks for sharing this interesting and informative film 🎥😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The mining events throughout colorado are the best I go to everyone I can from Cripple Creek to Leadville,to Creede to Silverton to Idaho Springs,and will till I can't go anymore😊

Awesome!! Too bad the BLM and Forest Service are closing mines and bulldozin cabins and history. Hopefully we'll be goin to creede this comin up summer.

@John1175662

3 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to go to creede before this coronavirus thing started

@leehilton9932

3 жыл бұрын

@@John1175662 yea pretty much the same here.

that coward , who shot mr howard

@katherinea.williams3044

4 жыл бұрын

randy rysdale I was just about to reference that! Are you one of the 2,000 people who saw ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford’? I’m HIGHLY discerning in what I watch and LOVED that movie! Roger Deakins with the choreography, Nick Cave doing the music and a stellar debut for Andrew Dominick. You’re my kind of people! Love & Light from Miami ✨✌🏼

Is there a memorial to miners killed

old powder goes up a 6oz. leave it alone in the old mines

That guy Jack from last chance mine is always rude to restaurant workers js

Edward O’ Kelly, anyone?

Where were the houses of ill repute ? lol

Pac-12 country !

foota a real youth ppl a yard too licky licky foriegn mind

BET THOSE NATIVE AMERICANS REGRET BEING NICE TO THESE NEW COMERS CAME IN AND STOLD ALL THEIR LAND AND TREASURES

@reginafontenot600

4 жыл бұрын

Dont show the world what a big imbecile you are. The land wasn't stolen.

@markanthony3275

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not so certain...because when the white man got established they finally had to stop killing each other.

@georgescott5293

4 жыл бұрын

IT SURE DOESNT SEEM LIKE FAIR DEALINGS,NO WAY AROUND IT,I SURE WOULDNT WANT TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE WHO ,DID ME THE WAY THOSE NATIVE AMERICANS GOT TREATED,NO WAY AROUND THE CROOKED DEALINGS,BUT ITS GONE BUT NOT QUITE FORGOTTEN YET

@georgescott5293

4 жыл бұрын

I INVITE ANYONE ON THE PLANET TO SEE THE TRUTH THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN,GO LOOK AT 500 NATIONS BY KEVIN COSTENER,YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED TO THE REAL TRUTH

@georgescott5293

4 жыл бұрын

BUT THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN ALL OVER THE WORLD CONSTANTLY,IF WE HADNT CAME IN AND STOLE THEIR LAND SOMEONE ELSE WOULD HAVE ,LIKE MAYBE THE CHINESE,ITS PROBALY JUST PART OF GODS PLAN,BECAUSE THE USA HAS HELPED ALOT OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD,PROBALY MEANT TO BE

What the hell, just leave...It's time.

all women history ...

in other words, the Indians were doing fine until the white man came along..got it

@billhosko7723

Жыл бұрын

And they'd then be better off without you as well, so go move back to Africa - cradle of mankind.

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