New Mine Site Remediation Presentation on UWP’s Youtube channel


On July 18, UWP Technical Coordinator Ashley Bembenek spoke about “Mine Site Remediation in the Uncompahgre River’s Headwaters” at the Evenings of History series at the Wright Opera House. The Ouray County Historical Society, which…

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Red Mountain Mining District Tour Guide tells The Watch about historical sights


Hike into history Winter tour to visit former mining sites, ghost towns By JUSTIN CRIADO, Associate Editor, The Watch Don Paulson brings books to life. No, he’s not a magician or some type of “Pagemaster”…

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The Watch features winter mining district tour


Winter mining tour explores high-country history Ski/snowshoe tour is Jan. 30, south of Ouray By STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Staff Reporter When many of the mines of Ouray County and the San Juan Mountains were still in operation, hardy miners often spent months…

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Delta Independent and The Source share news about winter mine tour


Thank you to two area news publications, the Delta County Independent and The Source, for sharing UWP’s media release about our winter mining district tour. Read the release in their newspapers at: The Source, January…

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