Dolores County, Colorado

Newspapers: The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph,

Clipping from Sunday, March 8, 1959; section BB page 10



http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/dolores/newspapers/ore.txt



Dolores County Genweb Archives Submission by Marta Norton [MNorton @ datawest.net]on Thursday, December 16, 2004



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The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph

Sunday, March 8, 1959 section BB page 10



Dolores County Ore Discovered in 1869



Dolores County, in southwest Colorado, was visited early in the 18th

century by Spanish explorers, and trappers form the St. Louis Fur Co.

established a temporary settlement on the Dolores River about 1833.



Miners followed the Dolores River to the present site of Rico in 1869

and discovered there the Pioneer Lode, which was developed into the

Shamrock Mine.  They also found another rich silver vein, named Nigger

Baby from its black product, and built the first log cabin in the district.



Dolores County was established in 1881.  The county seat is Dove Creek.







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