Tin Cup - Colorado Ghost Town

TIN CUP

NAME: Tin Cup
COUNTY: Gunnison
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Near Pitkin.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

The first placer gold was found in the Tin Cup area in 1859, and the first big strike in 1879. Tin Cup got its name from one of the prospectors that carried out his gold dust in a tin cup. The underworld ruled Tin Cup and there never really was any law. Every time an honest sheriff would arrive, he would be told what to do by the leaders of the underworld. If he didn't comply, he was killed. And so the cemetery at Tin Cup is filled with honest sheriffs and other good people that did not comply with the underworlds demands. Around the turn of the century there was said to be about 2000 people here and shortly after that the population dwindeled. Now there are only ruins and a popular recreation area. Tin Cup Outhouse Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Pass, Descending into Tin Cup July 2001 Todd Underwoood Tin Cup Trash Dump July 2001 Todd Underwood Tin Cup Trash Dump July 2001 Todd Underwood Jewish Knoll - Fall 04 Courtesy Mike and Diana McDanel Cemetery - Fall 04 Courtesy Mike and Diana McDanel What a view on Judgement Day - Fall 04 Courtesy Mike and Diana McDanel	Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Church Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Courtesy Dolores Steele Tin Cup Sign July 2001 Todd Underwood Tin Cup July 2001 Todd Underwood Tin Cup July 2001 Todd Underwood Tin Cup Water Wheel July 2001 Todd Underwood Tincup - Fall 04 Courtesy Mike and Diana McDanel Tincup - Fall 04 Courtesy Mike and Diana McDanel

The first placer gold was found in the Tin Cup area in 1859, and the first big strike in 1879. Tin Cup got its name from one of the prospectors that carried out his gold dust in a tin cup. The underworld ruled Tin Cup and there never really was any law. Every time an honest sheriff would arrive, he would be told what to do by the leaders of the underworld. If he didn't comply, he was killed. And so the cemetery at Tin Cup is filled with honest sheriffs and other good people that did not comply with the underworlds demands. Around the turn of the century there was said to be about 2000 people here and shortly after that the population dwindeled. Now there are only ruins and a popular recreation area.