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Yankee Boy Basin, CO - Atlas Mine Ruins, CO

Yankee Boy Basin access road

The approach road to Yankee Boy Basin.Image taken August 2005.

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Yankee Boy Basin access road

Close up view of turn in road from previous image.  The approach road to Yankee Boy Basin -  County Road 361 - CR 361.  Image taken August 2002.

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Wildflowers along Yankee Boy Basin access road

Along the approach road to Yankee Boy Basin.  Image taken August 2002.

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Seep along Yankee Boy Basin access road

One of several seeps along the Yankee Boy Basin access road.  Image taken August 2002.

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Rock overhang along Yankee Boy Basin access road

Rock over-hang along Yankee Boy Basin access road.  Image taken June 2002.

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Rock overhang along Yankee Boy Basin access road

Close-up of rock over-hang along Yankee Boy Basin access road.  Image taken June 2002.

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Abandoned mine dormatory in Yankee Boy Basin

Abandoned mine building along the road to Yankee Boy Basin near the ghost town of Sneffels. (Colorado)  Image taken June 2002.

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Abandoned mine dormatory in Yankee Boy Basin

Similar photo of building in previous image taken in August of 2009 of the living quarters at this Sneffels, CO Mine.  The building has suffered a collapse of it's support timbers in the southwest corner.  These buildings deserve some kind of preservation.  Not complete reconstruction but at least left as historic ruins that do not collapse into a pile of unrecognizable boards.

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Historic photo of mining building in Yankee Boy Basin

Image of the historic Revenue Mill at Sneffels, CO.  This mill was just west of the dorms in the previous image on the south or opposite side of the drainage.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers along the road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO.  Image taken June 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers along the road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO.  Image taken June 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Larkspur/Delphinium) along road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO.  Image taken June 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Cow Parsnips) along road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO. Image taken June 2002.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

View of the Atlas Mine and Stamp Mill in Yankee Boy Basin from CR 26.  Image taken August 2009.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

Close up view of the Atlas Mine and Stamp Mill in Yankee Boy Basin from CR 26.  Image taken August 2009.  This building has suffered the kind of damage you would expect of a high altitude construction over the course of six years.  The roof is essentially gone.  After the historic image, the next four images show the interior of the building in June of 2002.  The first of these images clearly shows a roof and that roof appears to have been destroyed by winter weather conditions in this image.

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Historic image of Atlas mine building in Yankee Boy Basin

Historic view of the Atlas Mine and Stamp Mill.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

Inside the Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin.  Image taken June 2002.  Notice the gable roof in this image.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

Equipment inside the Atlas Stamp Mill ruins  in Yankee Boy Basin.  Image taken June 2002.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

More Equipment inside the Atlas mine ruins  in Yankee Boy Basin.  Image taken June 2002.

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Atlas mine ruins in Yankee Boy Basin

View into rafters to a belt pulley inside the Atlas Stamp Mill ruins in Yankee Boy Basin.  Image taken June 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Zoomed view of stone pinnacles at the base of Teakettle Mountain.  Image taken June 2002.Views from climb of Mt. Sneffels in Yankee Boy Basin.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Colorado Columbine) along the road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO.  Image taken June 2002. Wildflowers and views from Blue Lakes Pass above Yankee Boy Basin.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Colorado Columbine) along the road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO. Image taken June 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Colorado Columbine) along the road into Yankee Boy Basin near Ouray, CO.  Image taken June 2002.

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Marmot in Yankee Boy Basin

Marmot next to Wilson Lake below Mount Gillpin - Yankee Boy Basin. (Colorado).  Image taken August 2002.

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Marmot in Yankee Boy Basin

Marmot and Wilson Lake below Mount Gillpin - Yankee Boy Basin. (Colorado).  Image taken August 2002.

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wilson Lake below Mount Gillpin - Yankee Boy Basin. (Colorado)View of Wilson Lake from Kismet Peak (second image)

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Wildflowers in Yankee Boy Basin

Wildflowers (Parry's Primrose) growing along Wilson Lake below Mount Gillpin - Yankee Boy Basin. (Colorado)

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