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1960 Map of Aspen

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Aspen
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Aspen sits at the confluence of the Roaring Fork River, Hunter Creek, and Castle Creek during a period when the area's silver mining legacy remained etched into the mountain landscape. The town grid is bordered by high-altitude industrial markers, including the Smuggler Shaft and Mollie Gibson Shaft on the flanks of Smuggler Mountain. To the south, the terrain rises toward Richmond Hill and Bell Mountain, where the Midnite Shaft and Little Annie Mine point to a history of deep-vein extraction in the White River National Forest.

Infrastructure from the peak mining and early transition years is visible, such as the Denver and Rio Grande Western rail line and the Salvation Ditch. Outside the main town, the settlement of Lenado and the high-elevation Tourtellotte Park suggest the reach of early prospecting. This survey documents the landscape after the initial silver boom but before modern mountain development fully reshaped the valley floor near Red Butte.