Tincup — Gunnison County

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: TINCUP. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Tincup used to be my old stomping grounds. I used to fish a lot at Taylor Reservoir and Mirror Lake. Great place to Metal Detect using a Tesoro Lobo Super Traq. This is located 15 mi. North of Pitkin in North part of county 25 miles Northeast of Gunnison via Route 162, at head of Willow Creek on extreme southeast flank of Taylor Reservoir Park and on opposite side of 12,000-feet. Cumberland Pass from Pitkin, the Tincup district had a total production of about 16,400 ounces, of gold, mostly prior to 1932. Along Tincup Gulch, many placers can be found. At headwaters of Willow Creek you can find many area mines that was the source of the placer gold. Also I don't remember the name of the stream, but there is a stream that flows into Taylor Reservoir, that If you follow it and go to the headwaters, by hiking, I found some nice nuggets with a sluice box. Sorry I don't remember, but that was in 1980 and my memory is fading.