Almont — Gunnison County

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Almont — Gunnison County

Gold Mining Site CO • Gunnison County County
Description
Almont is on Route 306 and this is where the Taylor River and Gunnison River meet. There used to be a nice restaurant that had a huge polar bar from Siberia stuffed in the restaurant. I always stopped there to eat. Great place that Three Rivers resort. If you go northeast from Almont 7 miles, in Spring Canyon, several lead - silver mines that had a by-product of gold. Don't forget to bring your fishing pole, this is the best fishing I have ever had in this area.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: gunnison_co.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: ALMONT. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Almont is on Route 306 and this is where the Taylor River and Gunnison River meet. There used to be a nice restaurant that had a huge polar bar from Siberia stuffed in the restaurant. I always stopped there to eat. Great place that Three Rivers resort. If you go northeast from Almont 7 miles, in Spring Canyon, several lead - silver mines that had a by-product of gold. Don't forget to bring your fishing pole, this is the best fishing I have ever had in this area.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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