1955 Map of Ophir

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Ophir and the surrounding high-altitude mining district of San Miguel County are frozen in time in this mid-century survey. The landscape is defined by the heavy footprint of the late 19th-century silver boom, including the engineering feat of the Ophir Loop and the winding route of the Rio Grande Southern RR. Dozens of extractive operations such as the Gold King Mine, Suffolk Mine, and Carbonero Mine are located across the slopes of Silver Mountain, while the small settlement at Ophir remains served by the Ophir Sch.