Revelleville - Colorado Ghost Town

REVELLEVILLE

NAME: Revelleville
COUNTY: Park
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Snowy in winter and mild in summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Middle Summer.

COMMENTS: Near Alma, Co. situated high in the mountains at 12,000 feet in elevation. Mining was undertaken in 1880 and the ores were Silver, Gold, and Rhodochrosite. Accesible only with four wheel drive and the road is steep and unstable.
REMAINS: A few mine shafts and a few outhouses with small miner shacks..

Frederic Revelle founded Revelleville in 1874 when he stumbled across an outcrop rich in gold and silver ores while high in the mountains north of Cripple Creek and just east of Leadville. The town at its peak was home to approximately 1500 miners who risked the high elevations in order to make a meager income from the three mineshafts. Highgrading was often a problem and was dealt with severely at the Honey Mine operations which was the source of most of the gold ore. The gold was so rich in purity that it resembled flakes of honey; hence the name. The penalty for highgrading was a jail sentence which was stiff and long. The death of the town finally arrived in 1902 when the ores ran out and the miners abandoned their workings for Leadville. Frederic Revelle left the town and moved to Cripple Creek where he died a pennyless cardplayer. Submitted by George McPhearson.

Frederic Revelle founded Revelleville in 1874 when he stumbled across an outcrop rich in gold and silver ores while high in the mountains north of Cripple Creek and just east of Leadville. The town at its peak was home to approximately 1500 miners who risked the high elevations in order to make a meager income from the three mineshafts. Highgrading was often a problem and was dealt with severely at the Honey Mine operations which was the source of most of the gold ore. The gold was so rich in purity that it resembled flakes of honey; hence the name. The penalty for highgrading was a jail sentence which was stiff and long. The death of the town finally arrived in 1902 when the ores ran out and the miners abandoned their workings for Leadville. Frederic Revelle left the town and moved to Cripple Creek where he died a pennyless cardplayer. Submitted by George McPhearson.

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