White Pine - Colorado Ghost Town

WHITE PINE

NAME: White Pine
COUNTY: Gunnison
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: Cold winter with snow, mild summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: Near Pitkin.
REMAINS: Many original buildings.

White Pine's rich silver deposits were first mined around 1878. The camp began to flourish several years later but never attained the status of a boomtown. One reason, if not the principal reason, was its history of avalanches, most of them with fatalities. White Pine, like other towns that based their entire economy on the silver market, suffered the same fate after the crash of 1893. By 1894, White Pine was deserted. There were, however, sporadic bursts of activity from time to time around 1900, none of which could bring the town back to life. Today, it is truly a ghost town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.	White Pine Cemetery July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine Cemetery July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine Cemetery July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine Cemetery July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine Cemetery July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine building July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine building July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine building July 2001 Todd Underwood White Pine building July 2001 Todd Underwood Here is a picture of the White Pine Hotel, the original boarding house. This was taken awhile ago but has had few changes now. M. Miller

White Pine's rich silver deposits were first mined around 1878. The camp began to flourish several years later but never attained the status of a boomtown. One reason, if not the principal reason, was its history of avalanches, most of them with fatalities. White Pine, like other towns that based their entire economy on the silver market, suffered the same fate after the crash of 1893. By 1894, White Pine was deserted. There were, however, sporadic bursts of activity from time to time around 1900, none of which could bring the town back to life. Today, it is truly a ghost town. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

White Pine Cemetery
July 2001
Todd Underwood

White Pine building
July 2001
Todd Underwood

Here is a picture of the White Pine Hotel, the original boarding house. This was taken awhile ago but has had few changes now. M. Miller

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