CRYSTAL, COLORADO
Crystal is arguably Colorado’s most picturesque ghost town, due to the iconic Sheep Mountain Tunnel Mill powerhouse (aka Crystal Mill), among the most photographed historic structures in the state. That said, there’s a lot more to this hard-to-reach historic site than just the scenic old mill.
Like most Colorado ghost towns, Crystal has its roots in silver. Prospectors first picked over this remote site in Ute Indian country in the 1860s, but not until 1880 did a party find veins of rich silver ore mixed with telltale crystalline quartz. Scores of
