Jamestown - Colorado Ghost Town

JAMESTOWN

NAME: Jamestown
COUNTY: Boulder
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 2
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, cool summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Semi-ghost.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

Jamestown is one of the oldest mining camps in Colorado and there is still some activity there. The first cabin built at the site was in 1860 by a George Zweck who worked the area for several years before some galena was found and the first rush began. About 400 miners populated the area but the boom lasted only three years and Jamestown was all but deserted for the next ten years. The second boom began in 1875 when some rich gold float was found. Up until 1915, the Jamestown district produced more than five million dollars in gold, silver, lead, copper and fluorspar. The latter mineral became important during the first World War and another fluorspar boom occurred during the second World War. The town had two large hotels, along with churches and a school, saloons, dance halls, gambling halls and parlor houses. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Jamestown is one of the oldest mining camps in Colorado and there is still some activity there. The first cabin built at the site was in 1860 by a George Zweck who worked the area for several years before some galena was found and the first rush began. About 400 miners populated the area but the boom lasted only three years and Jamestown was all but deserted for the next ten years. The second boom began in 1875 when some rich gold float was found. Up until 1915, the Jamestown district produced more than five million dollars in gold, silver, lead, copper and fluorspar. The latter mineral became important during the first World War and another fluorspar boom occurred during the second World War. The town had two large hotels, along with churches and a school, saloons, dance halls, gambling halls and parlor houses. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

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